Rethinking Sociality in Language Evolution: Enlanguagement as a Catalyst for Shifts in Developmental Pathways - Archive ouverte HAL
Article Dans Une Revue Linguistic Frontiers Année : 2024

Rethinking Sociality in Language Evolution: Enlanguagement as a Catalyst for Shifts in Developmental Pathways

Résumé

A significant body of research on the roots of human language highlights the crucial role played by changes in ancestral sociality. Recent studies have revived the hypothesis of human self-domestication, arguing that it provides new insights into the development of human sociality, cultural evolution, and symbolic communication. While the concept of domestication offers an intriguing interpretation of the co-evolution of body, cognition, and behavior, its application to human evolution is controversial. This paper explores an alternative perspective, suggesting that the enlanguagement of interactions may have acted as a catalyst for evolutionary change. We propose that the consolidation of enlanguaged practices, underpinned by the amplification of social dispositions, set in motion an evolutionary spiral. We explore how this process may have reshaped ancestral developmental trajectories and niches, ultimately culminating in the distinctive mode of life that characterizes our species.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
Rethinking-Sociality-in-Language-Evolution-Enlanguagement-as-a-Catalyst-for-Shifts-in-Developmental-Pathways.pdf (253.43 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine Fichiers éditeurs autorisés sur une archive ouverte

Dates et versions

hal-04649083 , version 1 (16-07-2024)

Identifiants

Citer

Vincenzo Raimondi. Rethinking Sociality in Language Evolution: Enlanguagement as a Catalyst for Shifts in Developmental Pathways. Linguistic Frontiers, 2024, 7 (1), pp.1-11. ⟨10.2478/lf-2024-0008⟩. ⟨hal-04649083⟩
123 Consultations
33 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

More