![]() ![]() sapiens) utilizing it, and the emergence of new situational adaptations, as well as new forms and types of human language, demonstrates that language includes an act driven by a communicative goal. The precise nature of language is shaped by the needs of the species (arguably, uniquely H. We proposed that language should be viewed as a multitude of communication techniques that have developed and are developing in response to selective pressure. ![]() Theories of language have evolved from a single-modality to multimodal, from human-specific to usage-based and goal-driven. Ongoing emerging language adaptations strive to better fit the present state of the human species. We argued that language does not exist for its own sake, it is one of a multitude of skills that developed to achieve a shared communicative goal, and all its features are reflective of this. With the present paper, we sought to use research findings to illustrate the following thesis: the evolution of language follows the principles of human evolution. ![]()
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