The paper is devoted to the problem of translation of political speeches, which is extremely relevant today, as political activity plays a special role in society, affects the country’s place in the international arena and its relations with other coun-tries. Politicians have the opportunity to appeal to both the international community and their compatriots, gain recognition, demonstrate their leadership and represent their country in the best possible way via speeches. Translation of political speeches is considered to be one of the most complicated types of translation, which is the area of increased linguistic responsibility. Translation transformations, which are defined as certain structural or semantic changes that are the result of lexical and grammatical differences in languages, are used to achieve translation equivalence (translation adequacy) despite the differences in the formal and semantic systems of two languages. The research is aimed at examining the peculiarities of political speeches and difficulties arising in the process of their rendering into Ukrainian. This paper consists of six main sections. The first is an introduction to the study. The second examines the definition and features of political speeches given by national and foreign scientists. The third section explains the methodology used in the study and the data selection process. In the course of analysis, the existing scientific literature concerning the topic at hand providing valid grounds for the practical part of the work has been analyzed and grammatical translation transformation examples have been selected and examined. The research data was taken from the website of the US Embassy in Ukraine. Thereafter the focus shifts to challenges the students face in translation of political speeches and highlights the grammatical transformations classification that constituted the theoretical basis of the research. The fifth section is devoted to analyzing the data and the last section summarizes the findings of the study.
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Григорій Сковорода (1722–1794) – видатний український філо-соф-просвітитель, життєвий шлях якого постає як цілісна концепція шукання Бога, який є «найвищою премудрістю». Єдиним цілим постають у його вченні Істинна людина і Христос. Шлях відкриття у власному серці «образу Божого» обирається мислителем як спасіння людства глубокою вірою, в якій розмежо-вується дотримання «зовнішніх» обрядів та справжня віра.Центральною куль-турно-філософською універсалією вчення Сковороди є «філософія серця», яка обертається в авторській концептосфері та перегукується з концептом «веселія серця» й образом «округленості» як «омріяного щастя»,пов’язаного з глибокою філософською ідеєю «сродності праці»,на якій побудовано сковородинівський антиклерикалізм. Спектр світоглядних орієнтацій Г. Сковороди є неймовірно широким, що дозволяє вважати його релігійним вільнодумцем. Філософ відходить від орто-доксального християнства, невдовольняється догматизмом і авторитаризмом релігії й прагне раціоналістично структурувати основні положення християн-ського віровчення, дати їм власне морально-етичне витлумачення, розглянути символічний зміст та образи біблійних оповідей. Своє особисте життя філософ мислив як життя мудреця-вчителя, який постійно перебуває у спілкуванні зв’язках з Богом.Важливо,що за Сковородою зміст молитви – це подяка Богові за те, що Він потрібне зробив неважким, а важке зробив непотрібним. Стаття має на меті презентувати читачеві деякі аспекти персоналізації духу європейської культури та української ментальності у філософії Г. С. Сковороди задля тлумачення основних орієнтирів світогляду філософа-гуманіста, розу-міння концептосфери його провідних ідей, роздумів щодо наукової рефлексії, міфів і стереотипів, які оточують постать вченого, та визначення універсаль-ності гуманістичного вчення мислителя як посередника між європейськими культурними цінностями та українською культурною ідентичністю.
{"title":"Персоналізація духу європейської культури та української ментальності у філософії Григорія Сковороди (до 300-річчя з дня народження)","authors":"Олександра Штепенко, Анатолій Колодний","doi":"10.12775/ths.2021.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2021.005","url":null,"abstract":"Григорій Сковорода (1722–1794) – видатний український філо-соф-просвітитель, життєвий шлях якого постає як цілісна концепція шукання Бога, який є «найвищою премудрістю». Єдиним цілим постають у його вченні Істинна людина і Христос. Шлях відкриття у власному серці «образу Божого» обирається мислителем як спасіння людства глубокою вірою, в якій розмежо-вується дотримання «зовнішніх» обрядів та справжня віра.Центральною куль-турно-філософською універсалією вчення Сковороди є «філософія серця», яка обертається в авторській концептосфері та перегукується з концептом «веселія серця» й образом «округленості» як «омріяного щастя»,пов’язаного з глибокою філософською ідеєю «сродності праці»,на якій побудовано сковородинівський антиклерикалізм. Спектр світоглядних орієнтацій Г. Сковороди є неймовірно широким, що дозволяє вважати його релігійним вільнодумцем. Філософ відходить від орто-доксального християнства, невдовольняється догматизмом і авторитаризмом релігії й прагне раціоналістично структурувати основні положення християн-ського віровчення, дати їм власне морально-етичне витлумачення, розглянути символічний зміст та образи біблійних оповідей. Своє особисте життя філософ мислив як життя мудреця-вчителя, який постійно перебуває у спілкуванні зв’язках з Богом.Важливо,що за Сковородою зміст молитви – це подяка Богові за те, що Він потрібне зробив неважким, а важке зробив непотрібним. Стаття має на меті презентувати читачеві деякі аспекти персоналізації духу європейської культури та української ментальності у філософії Г. С. Сковороди задля тлумачення основних орієнтирів світогляду філософа-гуманіста, розу-міння концептосфери його провідних ідей, роздумів щодо наукової рефлексії, міфів і стереотипів, які оточують постать вченого, та визначення універсаль-ності гуманістичного вчення мислителя як посередника між європейськими культурними цінностями та українською культурною ідентичністю.","PeriodicalId":36953,"journal":{"name":"Theoria et Historia Scientiarum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47246819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Under the influence of the coronavirus pandemic, the modern world is expe-riencing a communicative revolution. Internet communication and the phenomenon of virtuality are globalizing, and behavioural and communicative models are being modified. In this reality, a person rebuilds and acquires new knowledge, the perception of the world changes, new language thinking appears, a kind of neologization of the Ukrainian language takes place, linguistic terminology develops and the linguistic creativity is being actualized.
{"title":"Changes in communication and language thinking of Ukrainians in the era of the coronavirus pandemic","authors":"T. Kosmeda, T. Osipova, Vira Slipets'ka","doi":"10.12775/ths.2021.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2021.002","url":null,"abstract":"Under the influence of the coronavirus pandemic, the modern world is expe-riencing a communicative revolution. Internet communication and the phenomenon of virtuality are globalizing, and behavioural and communicative models are being modified. In this reality, a person rebuilds and acquires new knowledge, the perception of the world changes, new language thinking appears, a kind of neologization of the Ukrainian language takes place, linguistic terminology develops and the linguistic creativity is being actualized.","PeriodicalId":36953,"journal":{"name":"Theoria et Historia Scientiarum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46498518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article gives the insight into the notion of “text” via “prism” of linguistic and psycholinguistic parameters and presents its “broad” and “narrow” interpretation in humanities. It is pointed out that the linguistic parameters of the text include its in-tegrity, coherence, and boundary structuring, while psycholinguistic definitions focus on emotions and creativity of the sender and addressee. The psychological aspects and stages of text creation are analyzed with reference to knowledge of its background and linguistic presupposition. The contribution of Ukrainian and foreign studies to the development of the psycholinguistic foundations of the text are discussed on the basis of examples from Ukrainian literature. It is proved that the interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of the text is crucial for text study; the peculiarities of text creation are characterized through the opposition “generation – perception”, as well as through the expression of the linguistic personality of its ego in the text. The positive and negative impact of the text on the recipient is highlighted as well as it gives up-to-date interpretation of such notions as pathological text, apperception, understanding, interpretational variability of the text. The phenomenon of linguistic and psycho-accentuation is being analyzed on the basis of the texts of Ukrainian distinguished writers (P. Kulish, O. Kobylyanska, I. Ogienko, and others). The author characterizes the influence of linguistic and extralinguistic factors on increasing psycholinguistic accentuation.
{"title":"Text in psycholinguistics","authors":"Vitaliia Papish","doi":"10.12775/ths.2021.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2021.001","url":null,"abstract":"The article gives the insight into the notion of “text” via “prism” of linguistic and psycholinguistic parameters and presents its “broad” and “narrow” interpretation in humanities. It is pointed out that the linguistic parameters of the text include its in-tegrity, coherence, and boundary structuring, while psycholinguistic definitions focus on emotions and creativity of the sender and addressee. The psychological aspects and stages of text creation are analyzed with reference to knowledge of its background and linguistic presupposition. The contribution of Ukrainian and foreign studies to the development of the psycholinguistic foundations of the text are discussed on the basis of examples from Ukrainian literature. It is proved that the interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of the text is crucial for text study; the peculiarities of text creation are characterized through the opposition “generation – perception”, as well as through the expression of the linguistic personality of its ego in the text. The positive and negative impact of the text on the recipient is highlighted as well as it gives up-to-date interpretation of such notions as pathological text, apperception, understanding, interpretational variability of the text. The phenomenon of linguistic and psycho-accentuation is being analyzed on the basis of the texts of Ukrainian distinguished writers (P. Kulish, O. Kobylyanska, I. Ogienko, and others). The author characterizes the influence of linguistic and extralinguistic factors on increasing psycholinguistic accentuation.","PeriodicalId":36953,"journal":{"name":"Theoria et Historia Scientiarum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47793260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The way people order signs in non-verbal event representations of events has been a topic of extensive research in recent decades, with conflicting findings. Based on a literature review, we distinguish the following factors that have been argued to influence sign order: (a) diagrammatic iconicity, (b) manipulation vs. construction events, (c) reversibility, (d) most common word order of L1, (e) the semiotic system (gesture, depiction) used, and (f) a putative “natural” Agent–Patient–Act order. To test the role of these factors, we conducted a study where Swedish participants observed events that varied with respect to reversibility and construction/manipulation status, and then had to communicate them to an addressee using gestures for half the stimuli. For the other half, they used sequences of simple drawings of the event participants and the action. The results showed the huge influence of the semiotic system (e) on sign order. There was a role of reversibility (c) only when gestures were used, while L1 word order (d) only had an effect when sequences of pictures were used. The “ontological status” of the Patient (b) was shown to affect the representations in both semiotic systems but was much stronger for gestures. Even the two most general factors (a) and (f) where shown to be sensitive to the type of semiotic system. Future studies of how such cognitive and semiotic determinants interact are needed to fully understand the phenomenon of sign order preference.
{"title":"Cognitive and semiotic determinants of sign order in gestural and pictorial event representations","authors":"Anu Vastenius, J. Zlatev, Joost van de Weijer","doi":"10.12775/ths.2021.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2021.004","url":null,"abstract":"The way people order signs in non-verbal event representations of events has been a topic of extensive research in recent decades, with conflicting findings. Based on a literature review, we distinguish the following factors that have been argued to influence sign order: (a) diagrammatic iconicity, (b) manipulation vs. construction events, (c) reversibility, (d) most common word order of L1, (e) the semiotic system (gesture, depiction) used, and (f) a putative “natural” Agent–Patient–Act order. To test the role of these factors, we conducted a study where Swedish participants observed events that varied with respect to reversibility and construction/manipulation status, and then had to communicate them to an addressee using gestures for half the stimuli. For the other half, they used sequences of simple drawings of the event participants and the action. The results showed the huge influence of the semiotic system (e) on sign order. There was a role of reversibility (c) only when gestures were used, while L1 word order (d) only had an effect when sequences of pictures were used. The “ontological status” of the Patient (b) was shown to affect the representations in both semiotic systems but was much stronger for gestures. Even the two most general factors (a) and (f) where shown to be sensitive to the type of semiotic system. Future studies of how such cognitive and semiotic determinants interact are needed to fully understand the phenomenon of sign order preference.","PeriodicalId":36953,"journal":{"name":"Theoria et Historia Scientiarum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42572797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract. Over the last years, the debate about language evolution has been dominated by functionalist models looking for continuity among various animal species to understand language evolution and its nature. In this work, I analyze the theoretical mistakes of such approach, that ignoring structural body transformation does not allow the application of evolutionary methods to the study of functions. Here I propose a naturalistic approach, based on Evo-Devo perspective, which considers biological constraints as the necessary “mechanical trigger” upon which language function could have evolved. This framework, through the examination of the comparative study of the peripheral and central structures of vocal articulation, allows us to both avoid functional leap in language evolution and at the same time, guarantee species-specificity of language.
{"title":"Evolution of Language. Continuity and Discontinuity through Models and Empirical Data","authors":"A. Falzone","doi":"10.12775/ths.2019.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2019.004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Over the last years, the debate about language evolution has been dominated by functionalist models looking for continuity among various animal species to understand language evolution and its nature. In this work, I analyze the theoretical mistakes of such approach, that ignoring structural body transformation does not allow the application of evolutionary methods to the study of functions. Here I propose a naturalistic approach, based on Evo-Devo perspective, which considers biological constraints as the necessary “mechanical trigger” upon which language function could have evolved. This framework, through the examination of the comparative study of the peripheral and central structures of vocal articulation, allows us to both avoid functional leap in language evolution and at the same time, guarantee species-specificity of language.","PeriodicalId":36953,"journal":{"name":"Theoria et Historia Scientiarum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47786838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract. Inquiry into language evolution has recently focused on the question of the natural word order, i.e. a word order which may be primary in a cognitive and phylogenetic sense (Dryer, 2005; Pagel, 2009; Gell-Mann and Ruhlen, 2011). Some substantial insights into this topic originate in gesture and sign studies. Research by Goldin-Meadow et al. (2008) has inspired scientists to use the silent gesture paradigm, which requires participants to narrate events using their hands. The results of the study revealed that participants tended to produce SOV word order of a transitive event, regardless of the syntax of their native language. The finding was corroborated to a degree in later studies; however, some of them shed more light on the issue (Gibson et al., 2013; Hall et al., 2013; Sandler et al., 2005). The aim of our study is to test whether the SOV order is dominant when participants communicate transitive events (verbs) with whole-body pantomime.
抽象的。对语言进化的研究最近集中在自然语序问题上，即在认知和系统发育意义上可能是主要的语序(Dryer, 2005;由此,2009;Gell-Mann and Ruhlen, 2011)。对这一主题的一些实质性见解源于手势和手势研究。Goldin-Meadow等人(2008)的研究启发了科学家使用无声手势范式，该范式要求参与者用手叙述事件。研究结果表明，无论母语的语法如何，参与者都倾向于产生及物事件的SOV词序。这一发现在后来的研究中得到了一定程度的证实;然而，他们中的一些人对这个问题有了更多的了解(Gibson et al.， 2013;Hall等人，2013;Sandler et al.， 2005)。本研究的目的是测试当参与者用全身哑剧进行及物事件(动词)交流时，SOV顺序是否占主导地位。
{"title":"Investigating Natural Word Order via Pantomime: Research Report","authors":"Marek Placiński, Monika Boruta-Żywiczyńska","doi":"10.12775/ths.2019.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2019.006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Inquiry into language evolution has recently focused on the question of the natural word order, i.e. a word order which may be primary in a cognitive and phylogenetic sense (Dryer, 2005; Pagel, 2009; Gell-Mann and Ruhlen, 2011). Some substantial insights into this topic originate in gesture and sign studies. Research by Goldin-Meadow et al. (2008) has inspired scientists to use the silent gesture paradigm, which requires participants to narrate events using their hands. The results of the study revealed that participants tended to produce SOV word order of a transitive event, regardless of the syntax of their native language. The finding was corroborated to a degree in later studies; however, some of them shed more light on the issue (Gibson et al., 2013; Hall et al., 2013; Sandler et al., 2005). The aim of our study is to test whether the SOV order is dominant when participants communicate transitive events (verbs) with whole-body pantomime.","PeriodicalId":36953,"journal":{"name":"Theoria et Historia Scientiarum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43830961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evolutionary psychology is a major naturalistic approach to knowledge. It begins from a fundamental observation: the human brain is the product of natural selection trying to solve adaptive problems faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors. In this paper, I describe this approach and focus on the emotions, an important aspect of mental life. Emotions, I argue, are a superordinate program that evolved to coordinate the activity of other programs in the solution of typical adaptive problems.
{"title":"Evolutionary Psychology and Emotions: A Species-Typical Computational Design","authors":"Domenica Bruni","doi":"10.12775/ths.2019.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2019.002","url":null,"abstract":"Evolutionary psychology is a major naturalistic approach to knowledge. It begins from a fundamental observation: the human brain is the product of natural selection trying to solve adaptive problems faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors. In this paper, I describe this approach and focus on the emotions, an important aspect of mental life. Emotions, I argue, are a superordinate program that evolved to coordinate the activity of other programs in the solution of typical adaptive problems.","PeriodicalId":36953,"journal":{"name":"Theoria et Historia Scientiarum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42441939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract. The aim of this review is to enhance our understanding of the role of emotional communication in the emergence of language. I provide data on the following research topics: 1) Cross-species comparative approach to the anatomical principles governing emotional vocal production. 2) Analysis of acoustic parameters conveying emotional arousal and valence through voice modulation across human cultures and a wide variety of vocalizing nonhuman animals. On this regard, I will describe the evolutionary advantage of being able to identify emotional content in both heterospecific and conspecific vocalizations. 3) The relative salience of emotional voice modulation and verbal content in emotional meaning processing, as an indicator of the biological role of voice modulation in the emergence of language. Finally, I propose that co-evolutionary dynamics between genetic transmission of the cognitive mechanisms underpinning language and socio-cultural transmission of vocal behaviors are responsible for the emergence of the abilities involved in language.
{"title":"Emotion Communication Through Voice Modulation: Insights on Biological and Evolutionary Underpinnings of Language","authors":"Piera Filippi","doi":"10.12775/ths.2019.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2019.005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The aim of this review is to enhance our understanding of the role of emotional communication in the emergence of language. I provide data on the following research topics: 1) Cross-species comparative approach to the anatomical principles governing emotional vocal production. 2) Analysis of acoustic parameters conveying emotional arousal and valence through voice modulation across human cultures and a wide variety of vocalizing nonhuman animals. On this regard, I will describe the evolutionary advantage of being able to identify emotional content in both heterospecific and conspecific vocalizations. 3) The relative salience of emotional voice modulation and verbal content in emotional meaning processing, as an indicator of the biological role of voice modulation in the emergence of language. Finally, I propose that co-evolutionary dynamics between genetic transmission of the cognitive mechanisms underpinning language and socio-cultural transmission of vocal behaviors are responsible for the emergence of the abilities involved in language.","PeriodicalId":36953,"journal":{"name":"Theoria et Historia Scientiarum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48820792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract. The paper discusses a longstanding and prevailing debate in the fields of comparative psychology and language evolution, namely the problem of continuity of cognitive and communicative abilities. It is suggested that although this problem has been addressed by multiple researchers, it remains a persistent topic of discussion and an important meta-theoretical theme in the field of language evolution. To support this claim, the paper first provides a brief overview of the continuity debate by discussing examples of prominent research work in comparative communication and cognition. It further suggests that the problem of continuity can be partly resolved by focusing on cognitive and behavioural trait distribution both between and within species. Specifically, it is proposed that conceptualising given traits as habitual, rather than human-unique, is informative for understanding evolutionary processes shaping human communicative abilities. Finally, the paper suggests that the debate on continuity would benefit from being placed in a broader framework of evolution of phenotypic plasticity and the role of cognition and behavior in evolutionary processes.
{"title":"Beyond “Uniqueness”: Habitual Traits in the Context of Cognitive-Communicative Continuity","authors":"O. Vasilieva","doi":"10.12775/ths.2019.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2019.008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The paper discusses a longstanding and prevailing debate in the fields of comparative psychology and language evolution, namely the problem of continuity of cognitive and communicative abilities. It is suggested that although this problem has been addressed by multiple researchers, it remains a persistent topic of discussion and an important meta-theoretical theme in the field of language evolution. To support this claim, the paper first provides a brief overview of the continuity debate by discussing examples of prominent research work in comparative communication and cognition. It further suggests that the problem of continuity can be partly resolved by focusing on cognitive and behavioural trait distribution both between and within species. Specifically, it is proposed that conceptualising given traits as habitual, rather than human-unique, is informative for understanding evolutionary processes shaping human communicative abilities. Finally, the paper suggests that the debate on continuity would benefit from being placed in a broader framework of evolution of phenotypic plasticity and the role of cognition and behavior in evolutionary processes.","PeriodicalId":36953,"journal":{"name":"Theoria et Historia Scientiarum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49018499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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