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Language as a multimodal sensory enhancement system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Bob Jacobs
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Quantitative Neuromorphology, Department of Psychology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80904bjacobs@ccnode.colorado.edu
John M. Horner
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Quantitative Neuromorphology, Department of Psychology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80904bjacobs@ccnode.colorado.edu

Abstract

Several claims made by Wilkins & Wakefield require qualification. First, the proposed delineation of the parietal-occipital-temporal junction (POT) is overly restrictive. Second, focusing exclusively on the evolutionary importance of manual manipulation oversimplifies interacting evolutionary preconditions for language. Finally, Wilkins and Wakefield's perspective adheres to a homocentric, formal, linguistic definition of language instead of viewing language as a multimodal sensory enhancement system unique to each species.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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