Phi-Features in Animal Cognition

This paper argues that the core phi-features behind grammatical person, number, and gender are widely used in animal cognition and are in no way limited to humans or to communication. Based on this, it is hypothesized (i) that the semantics behind phi-features were fixed long before primates evolved...

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Main Author: Chris Golston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biolinguistics 2018-09-01
Series:Biolinguistics
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Online Access:https://www.biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/603