Skoči na glavni sadržaj

Pregledni rad

https://doi.org/10.17234/OA.37.1

THE EVOLUTION OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE

Ivor Janković orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-5175-6885 ; Ivor Janković Institut za antropologiju Gajeva 32 HR-10000 Zagreb
Tena Šojer orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-495X ; Sv. Mateja 118 HR-10000 Zagreb


Puni tekst: hrvatski pdf 850 Kb

str. 11-48

preuzimanja: 1.132

citiraj

Puni tekst: engleski pdf 850 Kb

str. 11-48

preuzimanja: 564

citiraj


Sažetak

The paper deals with the topic of the evolution of speech and language and aims to, through a multidisciplinary approach and based on different material and available data and results, answer the question of the appearance of modern language and speech. Especially interesting is the question of whether modern language appeared through the process of saltation or in combination with some other elements of “modernity” (the so called “Human revolution model” or “Cognitive revolution model”) or if it is a result of a longer evolutionary development in which certain conditions and elements necessary for the development of speech and language appeared before others did. The authors attempted to answer these questions through the results of comparative research done on our closest evolutionary cousins, apes, through comparative anatomy, fossil material and archaeological material sensu stricto, that is, through remains of material culture. Based on available material, we conclude that modern language is a result of a long evolutionary development and that different elements appeared at different times during the evolutionary history of the tribe hominini.

Ključne riječi

evolution of speech; evolution of language; paleoanthropology; Paleolithic; prehistory; symbolism; art

Hrčak ID:

143514

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/143514

Datum izdavanja:

18.8.2015.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

Posjeta: 3.787 *