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. 2021 Sep 30:44:e104.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20000813.

The origins of music in (musi)language

Evelina Leivada  1
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The origins of music in (musi)language

Evelina Leivada. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

The view of music as a byproduct of other cognitive functions has been deemed incomplete or incorrect. Revisiting the six lines of evidence that support this conclusion, it is argued that it is unclear how the hypothesis that music has its origins in (musi)language is discarded. Two additional promising research lines that can support or discard the byproduct hypothesis are presented.

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