Słowo w ewolucji. Kłamstwa, seks, plotki i… znajomi na Facebooku
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2013
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Word in Evolution. Lies, Sex, Gossips and... Friends on Facebook
Abstract
The essay shows the main conceptions upon a biological power of a word: the macchiavellian
theory/ theory of a lie, the mating mind theory, that means a theory of handicaps, and the
social selection theory of S. Dunbar. The author proposes a thesis that a speech takes its
power from the biological determinants of the origin of a language, and proves it by fusing
various contemporary biological concepts. It is a biological evolution that founds the power
of words, and also explains the magic of words in the various types of relations – among
society, but also between sexes, generations and finally, among individuals considered in a
biological sense.
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word, evolution, adaptation, sex, deceit, gossip, natural selection, sexual selection
Citation
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2013, nr 4, s.205–220
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978-83-232-2525-6