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Ferrer-i-Cancho, R., Longa, V. M., and Lorenzo, G. (2008) Long-Distance Dependencies are not Uniquely Human. In A. D. M. Smith and K. Smith and R. Ferrer-i-Cancho, editors, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 115--122. World Scientific.
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Abstract

It is widely assumed that long-distance dependencies between elements are a unique feature of human language. Here we review recent evidence of long-distance correlations in sequences produced by non-human species and discuss two evolutionary scenarios for the evolution of human language in the light of these findings. Though applying their methodological framework, we conclude that some of Hauser, Chomsky and Fitchâ™s central claims on language evolution are put into question to a different degree within each of those scenarios.
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@incollection{cancho08evolang7th,
  author={Ramon {Ferrer-i-Cancho} and Victor M. Longa and Guillermo Lorenzo},
  title={Long-Distance Dependencies are not Uniquely Human},
  year={2008},
  month={March},
  pages={115-122},
  editor={A. D. M. Smith and K. Smith and R. Ferrer-i-Cancho},
  publisher={World Scientific},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Evolution of Language},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/cancho08evolang7th.html}
}

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