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Levelt, W. J. M. (2018). Is language natural to man? Some historical considerations. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 21, 127-131. doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.04.003.
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Since the Enlightenment period, natural theories of speech and language evolution have florished in the language sciences. Four ever returning core issues are highlighted in this paper: Firstly, Is language natural to man or just an invention? Secondly, Is language a specific human ability (a ‘language instinct’) or does it arise from general cognitive capacities we share with other animals? Thirdly, Has the evolution of language been a gradual process or did it rather suddenly arise, due to some ‘evolutionary twist’? Lastly, Is the child's language acquisition an appropriate model for language evolution? -
Levelt, W. J. M. (1966). Generatieve grammatica en psycholinguïstiek I: Inleiding in de generatieve grammatica. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Psychologie en haar Grensgebieden, 21, 317-337.
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Levelt, W. J. M. (1966). Generatieve grammatica en psycholinguïstiek II. Psycholinguïstisch onderzoek. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Psychologie en haar Grensgebieden, 21, 367-400.
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Levelt, W. J. M., & Plomp, R. (1966). Les dimensions dans la perception des intervalles musicaux. Sciences de l'art, 3, 172-182.
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Levelt, W. J. M. (1966). The alternation process in binocular rivalry. British Journal of Psychology, 57(3/4), 225-238.
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Levelt, W. J. M. (1966). Some demonstrations of the complementary functioning of the eyes. Perception & Psychophysics, 1, 39-40.
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Levelt, W. J. M. (1966). The perceptual conflict in binocular rivalry. In M. A. Bouman (
Ed. ), Studies in perception: Dedicated to M.A. Bouman (pp. 47-60). Soesterberg: Institute for Perception RVO-TNO. -
Levelt, W. J. M., Van de Geer, J. P., & Plomp, R. (1966). Triadic comparisons of musical intervals. British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology, 19(2), 163-179.
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Plomp, R., & Levelt, W. J. M. (1966). Perception of tonal consonance. In M. A. Bouman (
Ed. ), Studies in Perception - dedicated to M.A. Bouman (pp. 105-118). Soesterberg: Institute for Perception RVO-TNO. -
Levelt, W. J. M. (1962). Motion breaking and the perception of causality. In A. Michotte (
Ed. ), Causalité, permanence et réalité phénoménales: Etudes de psychologie expérimentale (pp. 244-258). Louvain: Publications Universitaires. -
Levelt, W. J. M., & Plomp, R. (1962). Musical consonance and critical bandwidth. In Proceedings of the 4th International Congress Acoustics (pp. 55-55).
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Van de Geer, J. P., Levelt, W. J. M., & Plomp, R. (1962). The connotation of musical consonance. Acta Psychologica, 20, 308-319.
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As a preliminary to further research on musical consonance an explanatory investigation was made on the different modes of judgment of musical intervals. This was done by way of a semantic differential. Subjects rated 23 intervals against 10 scales. In a factor analysis three factors appeared: pitch, evaluation and fusion. The relation between these factors and some physical characteristics has been investigated. The scale consonant-dissonant showed to be purely evaluative (in opposition to Stumpf's theory). This evaluative connotation is not in accordance with the musicological meaning of consonance. Suggestions to account for this difference have been given.
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