Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7532885 | Journal of Phonetics | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
This article discusses open scientific challenges for understanding development and evolution of speech forms, as a commentary to Moulin-Frier, Diard, Schwartz and Bessière, 2015. Based on the analysis of mathematical models of the origins of speech forms, with a focus on their assumptions, we study the fundamental question of how speech can be formed out of non-speech, at both developmental and evolutionary scales. In particular, we emphasize the importance of embodied self-organization, as well as the role of mechanisms of motivation and active curiosity-driven exploration in speech formation. Finally, we discuss an evolutionary-developmental perspective of the origins of speech.
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Authors
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer,