George van Driem
2005
The language organism: the Leiden theory of language evolutionPDF
Language Acquisition, Change and Emergence: Essays in Evolutionary Linguistics, 2005
Language is a symbiotic organism. Language is neither an organ, nor is it an instinct. In the past two and a half million years, we have acquired a genetic predisposition to serve as the host for this symbiont. Like any true symbiont, language enhances our reproductive fitness ...MORE ⇓
Language is a symbiotic organism. Language is neither an organ, nor is it an instinct. In the past two and a half million years, we have acquired a genetic predisposition to serve as the host for this symbiont. Like any true symbiont, language enhances our reproductive fitness ...