What made us “hunter-gatherers of words“

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    Such multi-step scenarios are also considered in the history of other domesticates (Boeckx et_al, 2022; Herbeck et_al, 2022). In the case of language evolution and change, they may correspond to the establishment and maintenance of norms or conventions (Hawkins et_al, 2022), distinguishing communities of language users (Iacozza et_al, 2019), in which, in Goldberg `s terms, speakers balance between Expressiveness (communication) and Efficiency (compression) while conforming to conventions, resulting in the pervasive phenomenon of "partial productivity." There is evidence for fewer aggressive acts being used in societies where female dominance prevails (Davidian et_al, 2022 . . .

     

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