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Continuity, displaced reference, and deception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Lee Cronk
Lee Cronk*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 http://anthro.rutgers.edu/faculty/cronk.shtml
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lcronk@anthropology.rutgers.edu
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Falk's contribution to a continuity theory of the origins of language would be complemented by an account of the origins of displaced reference, a key characteristic distinguishing human language from animal signaling systems. Because deception is one situation in which nonhumans may use signals in the absence of their referents, deception may have been the starting point for displaced reference.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 510 - 511
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004