Launching Language: The Gestural Origin of Discrete Infinity

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Rich memory and distributed phonology (2010, background): “For various reasons (see Abler, 1989; Studdert-Kennedy, 2003), the phonological systems of languages tend toward a low-dimensional format of distributions that are roughly discrete.”
Language-experience facilitates discrimination of /d-th/ in monolingual and bilingual acquisition of English. (2006, background): “1 (see also Table 2) along with previous data from the monolingual infants and adults reported in Polka et al. (2001).”
Language as shaped by the brain. (2008, background): “For example, it has been suggested that there might be a specialized perception apparatus for speech (e.g., Vouloumanos & Werker 2007), or enhancement of the motor control system for articulation (e.g., Studdert-Kennedy & Goldstein 2003).”
How are words stored in memory? Beyond phones and phonemes (2007, background): “In addition to (a) supporting linguistic creativity through recombination of units, the proposed reasons include (b) reducing the number of degrees of freedom for articulatory control (e.g., Browman & Goldstein, 1993; Lindblom, MacNeilage, & Studdert-Kennedy, 1984; Martinet, 1960; Studdert-Kennedy,”
Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Social Dynamics in Small Groups (2010, methodology): “Indeed, vocal mimicry may have evolved using mirror neurons similar to those used when evoking physical mimicry (Studdert & Goldstein, 2003).”