Communication, Conflict, and Culture

1468-2885

Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005

Media Resources and Communication Sciences, Journalism

Psychology

This study examines the role of complex language in the evolution of communication, conflict, and culture. The main thesis is that language, conflict, and communication initially arose from pressures built in to the critical life-or-death situations our ancestors were compelled to share with one another. From such a perspective, communication is viewed as a world-analyzing, reality-testing, survival-oriented mechanism. Complex language enables humans to transform the cultural inheritance and fulfill basic ecological tasks associated with individual security and collective well-being.

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