语言演变与气候:以干燥和语气为例

IF 2.1 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
C. Everett, Damián E. Blasi, Seán G. Roberts
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引用次数: 60

摘要

我们提出,与语言学理论的标准假设相反,人类语言的声音系统是适应其环境的。虽然不是结论性的,但这个看似合理的案例基于本工作中讨论的几点:首先,人类行为通常具有适应性,而这种特征不会延伸到语言结构的假设在经验上是没有根据的。其次,众所周知,动物通信系统在各种门和分类群的物种中具有适应性。第三,喉科的研究清楚地表明,环境干燥会影响人类声带的表现。关于语言类型的共时性全球分布,后一点激发了一个清晰的、可检验的假设。第四,这一假设在我们自己之前的工作中得到了支持,在这里我们讨论正在开发的新方法来进一步探索这一假设。我们的结论是,现在是时候更实质性地研究语言声音系统适应其物理生态的可能性了。
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Language evolution and climate: the case of desiccation and tone
We make the case that, contra standard assumption in linguistic theory, the sound systems of human languages are adapted to their environment. While not conclusive, this plausible case rests on several points discussed in this work: First, human behavior is generally adaptive and the assumption that this characteristic does not extend to linguistic structure is empirically unsubstantiated. Second, animal communication systems are well known to be adaptive within species across a variety of phyla and taxa. Third, research in laryngology demonstrates clearly that ambient desiccation impacts the performance of the human vocal cords. The latter point motivates a clear, testable hypothesis with respect to the synchronic global distribution of language types. Fourth, this hypothesis is supported in our own previous work, and here we discuss new approaches being developed to further explore the hypothesis. We conclude by suggesting that the time has come to more substantively examine the possibility that linguistic sound systems are adapted to their physical ecology.
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Journal of Language Evolution
Journal of Language Evolution Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language
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