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Differentiation between agents and patients in the putative two-word stage of language evolution
Frontiers in Psychology, 12 (2021); 684022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684022
Gabrić, Petar

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Gabrić, P. (2021). Differentiation between agents and patients in the putative two-word stage of language evolution. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684022

Gabrić, Petar. "Differentiation between agents and patients in the putative two-word stage of language evolution." Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684022

Gabrić, Petar. "Differentiation between agents and patients in the putative two-word stage of language evolution." Frontiers in Psychology 12 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684022

Gabrić, P. (2021) 'Differentiation between agents and patients in the putative two-word stage of language evolution', Frontiers in Psychology, 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684022

Gabrić P. Differentiation between agents and patients in the putative two-word stage of language evolution. Frontiers in Psychology [Internet]. 2021 August 11 [cited 2024 December 29];12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684022

P. Gabrić, "Differentiation between agents and patients in the putative two-word stage of language evolution", Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, August 2021. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:100213. [Accessed: 29 December 2024]

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Title (english)Differentiation between agents and patients in the putative two-word stage of language evolution
AuthorPetar Gabrić https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-194X
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
General Linguistics
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Ethnology and Anthropology
Anthropology
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discipline and subdiscipline		INTERDISCIPLINARY AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE
Cognitive Science (Natural, Technical, Biomedical and Healthcare, Social and Humanistic Sciences)
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discipline and subdiscipline		NATURAL SCIENCES
Biology
Genetics, Evolution and Phylogenetics
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discipline and subdiscipline		SOCIAL SCIENCES
Psychology
General Psychology
Abstract (english)
Several scholars have proposed that there was a two-word stage in the course of language evolution, in which utterances could not combine more than two words. These models agree that the putative two-word stage did not exhibit syntax. However, they disagree on whether or not there existed rules for inferring the semantic relationship between the two words expressing a compositional proposition. Focusing on semantically transitive events, I combine in the present paper language evolution models with previous empirical studies in linguistics to argue that the two-word stage was indeed governed by rules for inferring the compositional meaning of the utterance, in that (1) words were either associated with fixed (“predetermined”) semantic roles (i.e., agent, patient, predicate) or (2) there was a fixed order of semantic roles and the same words could be assigned different semantic roles in different utterances. Given the proposed existence of rules for producing and interpreting semantically compositional messages, it would appear that the putative two-word stage of language evolution did in fact exhibit syntax.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Other
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleFrontiers in Psychology
Numberingvol. 12, 684022
BPC450 EUR
e-ISSN1664-1078
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684022
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:131:100213
Publication2021-08-11
Document URLhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684022/full
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