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Protosign and protospeech: An expanding spiral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2003

Michael A. Arbib
Michael A. Arbib*
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, Neuroscience Program, and USC Brain Project, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520 www-hbp.usc.edu
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arbib@pollux.usc.edu
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The intriguing observation that left-cerebral dominance for vocalization is ancient, occurring in frogs, birds, and mammals, grounds Corballis's argument that the predominance of right-handedness may result from an association between manual gestures and vocalization in the evolution of language. This commentary supports the general thesis that language evolved “From hand to mouth” (Corballis 2002), while offering alternatives for some of Corballis's supporting arguments.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 209 - 210
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003