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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781413603321

Autore

Ballmer Thomas T

Titolo

Biological foundations of linguistic communication [[electronic resource] ] : towards a biocybernetics of language / / by Thomas T. Ballmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1982

ISBN

1-283-35956-1

9786613359568

90-272-8058-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0166-6258 ; ; 3:7

Altri autori (Persone)

BrennenstuhlWaltraud

Disciplina

400

Soggetti

Biolinguistics

Language and languages - Physiological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Intended as a second volume to Waltraud Brennenstuhl's Control and ability : towards a biocybernetics of language"--P. vii.

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [139]-149.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Language and biological structure -- pt. 2. The evolution of cognition and communication.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the second of two volumes - the first volume being Waltraud Brennenstuhl's Control and Ability (P&B III:4) - treating biocybernetical questions of language. This book starts out from an investigation of the (neuro-)biological relevancy of natural language from the point of view of grammar and the lexicon. Furthermore, the basic mechanisms of the self-organization of organisms in their environments are discussed, in so far as they lead to linguistic control and abilities.