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It's a far cry from speech to language1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Maritza Rivera-Gaxiola
Affiliation:
MRC Cognitive Development Unit and University College London, London WC1H OBT, United Kingdom. maritza@cdu.ucl.ac.uk
Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Affiliation:
MRC Cognitive Development Unit and University College London, London WC1H OBT, United Kingdom. annette@cdu.ucl.ac.uk

Abstract

We agree with Müller's epigenetic view of evolution and ontogeny and applaud his multilevel perspective. With him, we stress the importance in ontogeny of progressive specialisation rather than prewired structures. However, we argue that he slips from “speech” to “language” and that, in seeking homologies, these two levels need to be kept separate in the analysis of evolution and ontogeny.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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