Does Language Arise from a Calculus of Dominance?

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Robin Dunbar's hypothesis that language capacity in response to the demands of maintaining large groups suggests a more specific hypothesis that language arose from a cognitive calculus by which animals could predict their status in complex dominance situations.

Publication Date

6-1995

Volume

18

Issue

2

ISSN

1469-1825

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X00039030

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