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SUMMARY:Michael Arbib - New Sign Languages and Language Evolution
DESCRIPTION:Michael Arbib: USC NeuroscienceHuman language is far more than speech and its derivatives such as writing. Human signed languages like\nAmerican Sign Language are fully expressive human languages\, and speakers normally accompany their\nspeech with facial and manual gestures. Thus any theory of language evolution must address these integral\nroles that manual signs and gestures play today. What are the capabilities of the human brain that make it\npossible for humans to learn language while other creatures can not? How much structure must the social\nenvironment offer a child to acquire language? We probe these questions by studying two sign languages of\nrecent vintage. Nicaraguan Sign anguage developed in just 25 years while Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language\ndeveloped over at most 70 years\, and are still developing. We examine the emergence and dynamics of these\nlanguages to advance discussion of what supports society offered to allow these communities to exploit the\nhuman brain’s readiness for language in novel ways.http://www.bec.ucla.edu/ArbibPaper.doc
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/michael-arbib-new-sign-languages-and-language-evolution/
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