Message and medium: Lowly and action-related origins.
Hurford presents a much-needed lowly origins scenario for the evolution of conceptual precursors to lexical items. But more is still needed on action, regarding both the message level of lexical concepts and the medium. We summarize our complementary action-based lowly origins (frame/content) scenario for the vocal auditory medium of language, which, like Hurford's scenario, is anchored in a phylogenetically old neurological dichotomy.
Macneilage
Peter F
PF
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 macneilage@psy.utexas.edu.
Davis
Barbara L
BL