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Message and medium: Lowly and action-related origins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2004

Peter F. MacNeilage  and
Barbara L. Davis
Peter F. MacNeilage*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX78712
Barbara L. Davis*
Affiliation:
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX78712
*
macneilage@psy.utexas.edu
babs@mail.utexas.edu
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Abstract:

Hurford presents a much-needed lowly origins scenario for the evolution of conceptual precursors to lexical items. But more is still needed on action, regarding both the message level of lexical concepts and the medium. We summarize our complementary action-based lowly origins (frame/content) scenario for the vocal auditory medium of language, which, like Hurford's scenario, is anchored in a phylogenetically old neurological dichotomy.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2003 , pp. 296 - 297
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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