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Human self-domestication and the evolution of pragmatics

2020-11-07

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<p>As proposed for the emergence of modern languages, we argue that modern uses of languages (pragmatics) also evolved gradually in our species under the effects of human self-domestication, with three key aspects involved in a complex feedback loop: (i) a reduction in reactive aggression, (ii) the sophistication of language structure (with emerging grammars initially facilitating the transition from physical aggr...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/hvjwr

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