Write an essay explaining the basic premise of this theory and then detail how Bickerton uses Niche theory to motivate the move among certain hominins from an ACS to something like “Recruitment Language,” and then from there to Protolanguage and finally to fully Human Language.

Write an answer in response to three (3) of the following prompts. It will be important that you explain your understanding of the issues involved in each prompt in your own words. That is not to say that you cannot use a brief quotation to drive home an important point, but your answer should not be a stringing together of quotations from Bickerton’s text. It is important for you to demonstrate your understanding of Bickerton’s arguments. As we have seen, Bickerton has been on both sides of this debate. In this essay, explain this debate and Bickerton’s move from one side of the debate to the other. In your explanation, be sure to deal with such related issues as homology/analogy, adaptation/exaptation, and “the Great Escalator.”2. Modern theorists of language evolution have given much attention to the communication abilities of non-human primates. Bickerton is no exception, devoting two chapters of Adam’s Tongue to the “language” of primates, even spotlighting a great ape on the cover of his book. In this essay, examine what Bickerton has to say about the communication of these other primates. What does he see as its significance for the study of human language origins?3. In reading Adam’s Tongue, it is very clear that Chomsky looms large as both an ally at times and an adversary at other times. In this essay, trace the various ways in which Bickerton agrees with, and differs from, Chomsky as to just how humans came to have language. Just as Bickerton’s theory has been evolving over the course of his life, so has Chomsky’s; thus, in this essay you should take into account the differences between Chomsky’s position as recounted in The First Word and his position as reflected in “The Faculty of Language.” 4. As we have seen, Adam’s Tongue” is Bickerton’s argument for “Niche Theory” as an organizing principle for evolution. In this essay, explain the basic premise of this theory and then detail how Bickerton uses Niche theory to motivate the move among certain hominins from an ACS to something like “Recruitment Language,” and then from there to Protolanguage and finally to fully Human Language.