1. Is it always really mothers' fault?
- Author
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Spiezio, Caterina and Lunardelli, Alberta
- Subjects
Language acquisition -- Research ,Language acquisition -- Social aspects ,Mother and infant -- Research ,Mother and infant -- Psychological aspects ,Social sciences -- Research ,Psychology and mental health - Abstract
Falk's paper provides a nice cross-species perspective and an interesting background to formulate a theory of the evolution of human language. However, the author does not provide a complete overview and analysis of the origins of language and takes for granted the 'continuity hypothesis.' Also her 'infant parking theory' is questionable, as it is not well supported by observations.
- Published
- 2004