ERIC Number: EJ843020
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Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 9
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Evolving the Language-Ready Brain and the Social Mechanisms that Support Language
Arbib, Michael A.
Journal of Communication Disorders, v42 n4 p263-271 Jul-Aug 2009
We first review the mirror-system hypothesis on the evolution of the language-ready brain, stressing the important role of imitation and protosign in providing the scaffolding for protospeech. We then assess the role of social interaction and non-specific knowledge of language in the emergence of new sign languages in deaf communities (focusing on Nicaraguan Sign Language).
Descriptors: Brain, Evolution, Language Processing, Role, Imitation, Speech, Interpersonal Relationship, Sign Language, Deafness
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Language: English
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