Introduction to the special issue on the emergence of sound systems

Little, Hannah

Abstract

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: [e-mail] How did human sound systems get to be the way they are? Collecting contributions implementing a wealth of methods to address this question, this special issue treats language and speech as being the result of a complex adaptive system. The work throughout provides evidence and theory at the levels of phylogeny, glossogeny, and ontogeny. In taking a multi-disciplinary approach that considers interactions within and between these levels of selection, the papers collectively provide a valuable, integrated contribution to existing work on the evolution of speech and sound systems.

Citation

Little, H. (2017). Introduction to the special issue on the emergence of sound systems. Journal of Language Evolution, 2(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzx014

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Conference Name: Journal of Language Evolution
• Online Publication Date: Jun 23, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Dec 19, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 20, 2017
• Print ISSN: 2058-4571
• Electronic ISSN: 2058-458X
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-3
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzx014
• Keywords: sound systems, speech, phonetics, phonology. evolution
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/900524
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzx014