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Construction Grammar for Monkeys? Animal communication and its implications for language evolution in the light of usage-based linguistic theory

2020-11-06

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<p>In recent years, multiple researchers working on the evolution of language have put forward the idea that the theoretical framework of usage-based approaches and Construction Grammar is highly suitable for modelling the emergence of human language from pre-linguistic or proto-linguistic communication systems. This also raises the question of whether usage-based and constructionist approaches can be integrated w...

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8569de64-d042-5fae-b8b5-646db9e25e01
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10.31234/osf.io/65ved
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