Pragmatics and the aims of language evolution

Scott-Phillips, T.

doi:10.3758/s13423-016-1061-2

Pragmatics and the aims of language evolution

Scott-Phillips, T.

Authors

T. Scott-Phillips

Abstract

Pragmatics has historically played a relatively peripheral role in language evolution research. This is a profound mistake. Here I describe how a pragmatic perspective can inform language evolution in the most fundamental way: by making clear what the natural objects of study are, and hence what the aims of the field should be.

Citation

Scott-Phillips, T. (2017). Pragmatics and the aims of language evolution. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 24(1), 186-189. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1061-2

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 3, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jul 1, 2016
Publication Date	Feb 1, 2017
Deposit Date	May 11, 2016
Publicly Available Date	May 13, 2016
Journal	Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Print ISSN	1069-9384
Electronic ISSN	1531-5320
Publisher	Springer
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	24
Issue	1
Pages	186-189
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1061-2

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