Gradualism in the evolution of ostensive communication. Heintz, C. & Scott-Phillips, T. In The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference, pages 144-154, 2020. ![Gradualism in the evolution of ostensive communication [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Pdf abstract bibtex 2 downloads Most human communication is ostensive, and language use is the paradigmatic example. Here we offer a novel hypothesis about its gradual evolution in humans. We describe the graded distinctions between ostensive communication and other forms of intentional manipulation of mental states. On this basis, we show how ostensive communication could have evolved as a gradual empowerment of other social cognitive abilities to manipulate the mental states of others. We then describe the sort of social ecology in which ostensive communication is adaptive and evolutionarily stable. Specifically, we propose that cognitive processes specialised for ostensive communication will evolve only in a partner choice social ecology, where audience are able to withdraw their trust and select their informants with a high degree of possibility. We conclude with a novel suggestion about the nature of much non-human primate communication.
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abstract = {Most human communication is ostensive, and language use is the paradigmatic example. Here we offer a novel hypothesis about its gradual evolution in humans. We describe the graded distinctions between ostensive communication and other forms of intentional manipulation of mental states. On this basis, we show how ostensive communication could have evolved as a gradual empowerment of other social cognitive abilities to manipulate the mental states of others. We then describe the sort of social ecology in which ostensive communication is adaptive and evolutionarily stable. Specifically, we propose that cognitive processes specialised for ostensive communication will evolve only in a partner choice social ecology, where audience are able to withdraw their trust and select their informants with a high degree of possibility. We conclude with a novel suggestion about the nature of much non-human primate communication.},
author = {Heintz, Christophe and Scott-Phillips, Thom},
booktitle = {The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference},
keywords = {communication},
pages = {144-154},
title = {Gradualism in the evolution of ostensive communication},
url_pdf = {https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_3190925/component/file_3260022/content#page=165},
year = {2020}}
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