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Monkeys and apes show latent ability to process nonadjacent dependencies, crucial for understanding language evolution. This research probes foundational cognitive mechanisms, not assuming hierarchical language processing.

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  • Comparative psychology
  • Evolutionary linguistics

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  • Recent findings suggest nonhuman primates possess the latent ability to process nonadjacent dependencies (Non-ADs).
  • These findings have been questioned regarding their relevance to the evolution of human syntax.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address critiques questioning the relevance of nonadjacent dependency processing in nonhuman primates for human syntax evolution.
  • To clarify the study's objective: probing foundational cognitive mechanisms for processing syntactic Non-ADs.

Main Methods:

  • Revisiting and re-evaluating previous findings on nonadjacent dependency processing in monkeys and apes.
  • Analyzing the assumptions underlying interpretations of these findings, particularly regarding hierarchical language processing.

Main Results:

  • The relevance of Non-AD processing for human syntax evolution is debated.
  • The study's goal was to investigate the cognitive basis of recognizing predictive relationships in input, not to confirm hierarchical structures.

Conclusions:

  • The interpretation of Non-AD processing in primates for human syntax evolution hinges on the unproven assumption of necessary hierarchical language processing.
  • The foundational cognitive ability to recognize predictive relationships is key, irrespective of processing architecture.