Andreas Johansson wrote:
[snip]
>
> I was in no way addressing this argument, only pointing out the lack of
> precision in Ray's statement,
....which I have acknowledged.
> but for the record I quite agree. Humans seem to
> be neurologically hardwired to acquire and use language - that sort of complex
> adaptions simply do not arise overnight.
But as far as I can see *no one* has actually disagreed with that.
Indeed, in at least two of my previous emails I stated quite explicilty
that I considered the development of language to be an _evolutionary_
process. I just do not understand why there is constant reference to
language arising overnight.
All I took issue with was the comic book stereotype of hunter-gatherer
saying "me see tiger". I really do not understand why questioning a
comic book stereotype is taken to mean that I hold the barmy notion that
language developed overnight - especially as I explicitly said at least
twice I considered the process to be evolutionary!!!!
The reason I suggested this part of the thread might be closed is that I
do not like being misrepresented.
This is positively _my_ very last word on this unfortunate subject - I
do not wish to go into 2006 with this aspect of the thread.
Good-bye 2005!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Ray
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