Language and Complexity Considerations: A Biolinguistic Perspective
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K e y w o r d s : complexity, environmentally-driven adaptation, language emergence Consideracions sobre llengua i complexitat: una perspectiva biolingüística R e s u m : La noció de complexitat es mostra recurrentment en el context de l’estudi de llengües. Des d’una perspectiva chomskyana o biolingüística, i atès el caràcter uniforme de l’adquisició del llenguatge, s’ha suposat que totes les llengües són igualment complexes o simples. No obstant això, l’enfocament adequat de la lingüística de Chomsky no són les llengües naturals, sinó la facultat del llenguatge. En aquest cas, parlem de la complexitat en aquest àmbit, basant-nos en la distinció que fa Deacon (2006) entre els diferents nivells de complexitat. La discussió se centra en les gramàtiques de les llengües internes i com aquestes mostren aspectes de complexitat acumulativa (tercer nivell de Deacon) que van més enllà dels confins estrets de l’internalisme. Si ens centrem en els casos d’aparició recent del llenguatge (de signes), i en l’evidència del cant dels ocells, sostenim que seria un error que la biolingüística ignorés el que pot aprendre sobre els factors socioculturals que afecten el fenotip lingüístic. P a r a u l e s c l a u : complexitat, adaptació impulsada pel medi ambient, aparició de la llengua
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تاریخ انتشار 2014