语言的生物演化研究——《人类语言演化:生物语言学视角》评介

On the Biological Evolution of Language——The Evolution of Human Language: Biolinguistic Perspectives

任何交际方式的演化研究都要求回答其机制、功能、个体发育和种系发育四个基本问题。语言的物种特征必然要求生物演化解释,唯递归论促进了语言演化研究。《人类语言演化》是递归论的发展和深化,该书围绕唯递归论,分别从语言结构、语言与接口系统、生物与神经基础、以及人类学背景四个方面讨论语言演化。

Any evolution research on communication means requires solutions to four problems： its mechanism, function, ontogeny and phylogeny. Species property of human language requires an account from biological evolution. Recursion-only claim furthers researches on language evolution. The Evolution of Human Language is the development of the claim. Around the claim, the book from four aspects, namely, language architecture, language and interface systems, biological and neurological foundations, and anthropological context, discusses the problem of language evolution.