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Gontier, N. (2006) An Epistemological Inquiry into the 'What is Language' Question and the 'What Did Language Evolve For' Question. In Cangelosi, A. and Smith, A.D.M. and Smith, K., editors, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 107--114. London: World Scientific.

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Abstract

Although Hauser, Chomsky and Fitch (HCF/FHC) and Pinker and Jackendoff (PJ/JP) differ in the epistemic questions they ask concerning, respectively, the nature of language (what language is), and the evolution of language (what language evolved for), it will be argued that both questions are part of the same methodological framework. This framework resembles the classical manner in which scientific knowledge is to be obtained while newer epistemological methods are suggested that can complement the study of the characteristics of language and evolutionary transitions that led to language.
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@inproceedings{gontier06EpistemologicalInquiry,
  author={Nathalie Gontier},
  title={An Epistemological Inquiry into the 'What is Language' Question and the 'What Did Language Evolve For' Question},
  year={2006},
  pages={107-114},
  editor={Cangelosi, A. and Smith, A.D.M. and Smith, K.},
  publisher={London: World Scientific},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language},
  url={http://groups.lis.illinois.edu/amag/langev/paper/gontier06EpistemologicalInquiry.html}
}