In considering the origin of language, I've always felt it must have developed in conjunction with advanced cognition. So I am slightly surprised that this paper might be considered "radical".
Unfortunately I am unable to read the full text, but the abstract is interesting.
This paper might seem radical to some. We think there’s so much ToM happening in language all the time. Otherwise, we’d struggle with the most basic things like how to use adjectives, definites (a/the), and demonstratives (this/that).
But we think this is possible (and easy!) because we’re using lightweight mentalistic representations that don’t look like what people think about when they think about ToM (big propositional attitudes), but they fit nicely with advances in computational models of ToM!
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Excited to read!
Unfortunately I am unable to read the full text, but the abstract is interesting.
Thanks in advance!