Interactional Instinct the Evolution and Acquisition of Language - Lee, Namhee (, Defense Language Institute) a Mikesell, Lisa (, UCLA) a Joaquin, Anna Dina L (, UCLA) a Mates, Andrea W (, UCLA) a Schumann, John H. (, UCLA)

The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge. Its structure evolved phylo- genetically from interaction among speakers and is acquired through emotionally entrained interaction with conspecifics.