Word-sentences and an interaction-based account of language evolution

Behav Brain Sci. 2003 Jun;26(3):293. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X03330079.

Abstract

Considerations from an interaction-based approach to the evolution of language and the role of word-sentences therein show that the object-attribute ontology is arrived at a much later stage. Therefore, Hurford's arguments, by focusing on the predicate-argument structure, seem to miss out on most of the interesting aspects of the early stages in language evolution.