Deutscher introduces an evolutionary tour of human languages in terms of historical and functional linguistics. He considers that language originated from "Me, Tarzan". In the "Me Tarzan" primitive age, in which people had the motivation of communicating with each other. Afterwards, Human beings tried to make the "Me, Tarzan" combination more complicated by adding many grammatical forms and constructions. This study summarizes Deutscher's explanation of the origin of language and language change, and moreover, points out that his evolutionary story lacks a rapid change of creole grammar (e.g. Tok Pisin). We can clarify the origin of language by using not only linguistics but also other disciplines such as biology, archeology, etc.
進化的視点からの言語変化と文法の複雑性
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