Unravelling the Evolution of Language

Part 1. Linguistic entities involved in evolution: language and the language faculty the formal grammatical system language in multiple (dis)guises theory of linguistic entities Part 2. Processes of language evolution: co-optation in language evolution preadaptation in language evolution natural selection in language evolution theories of evolutionary processes Part 3. Evidence and argumentation: testability-a litmus test? indirect evidence non-empirical argumentation plausible evolutionary stories theories of the substance of science capstone