The Evolution of Musicality: What Can Be Learned from Language Evolution Research?

Frontiers in Neuroscience
Andrea RavignaniPiera Filippi

Abstract

Language and music share many commonalities, both as natural phenomena and as subjects of intellectual inquiry. Rather than exhaustively reviewing these connections, we focus on potential cross-pollination of methodological inquiries and attitudes. We highlight areas in which scholarship on the evolution of language may inform the evolution of music. We focus on the value of coupled empirical and formal methodologies, and on the futility ofmysterianism, the declining view that the nature, origins and evolution of language cannot be addressed empirically. We identify key areas in which the evolution of language as a discipline has flourished historically, and suggest ways in which these advances can be integrated into the study of the evolution of music.

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Mar 7, 2018·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·Andrea RavignaniSimon Kirby
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