1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452471403321

Autore

Jany Carmen <1970->

Titolo

Chimariko grammar [[electronic resource] ] : areal and typological perspective / / Carmen Jany

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009

ISBN

0-520-94519-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

University of California publications in linguistics ; ; v. 142

Disciplina

497/.57

Soggetti

Chimariko Indians - Language

Indians of North America - Languages

Chimariko language - Grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY -- 3. MORPHOPHONEMIC ALTERNATIONS -- 4. WORD CLASSES -- 5. NOUN MORPHOLOGY -- 6. PRONOUN MORPHOLOGY -- 7. ADJECTIVE MORPHOLOGY -- 8. VERB MORPHOLOGY -- 9. SIMPLE SENTENCES -- 10. QUESTIONS -- 11. NEGATION -- 12. COMPLEX SENTENCES -- 13. DISCOURSE STRUCTURE -- 14. SUMMARY: CHIMARIKO IN AREAL-TYPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

The Chimariko language, now extinct, was spoken in Trinity County, California. This reference grammar, based on data collected by Harrington in the 1920's, represents the most comprehensive description of the language. Written from a functional-typological perspective this work also examines language contact in Northern California showing that grammatical traits are often shared among genetically unrelated languages in geographically contiguous areas.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792209603321

Titolo

Animal thinking : contemporary issues in comparative cognition / / edited by Randolf Menzel and Julia Fischer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-262-29898-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

Strüng`mann Forum reports

Disciplina

591.5/13

Soggetti

Cognition in animals

Animal navigation

Decision making in animals

Social behavior in animals

Animal communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Eighth Ernst Strüngmann Forum held Sep. 26-Oct. 1, 2010, Frankfurt am Main."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 Animal Thinking: An Introduction; Navigation; 2 Navigation and Communication in Honeybees; 3 Navigating in a Three-Dimensional World; 4 Making the Case for the Intelligence of Avian Navigation; 5 Animal Navigation: A Synthesis; Decision Making and Planning; 6 Goal-Directed Behavior and Future Planning in Animals; 7 Mechanisms for Decisions about the Future; 8 Status of Nonhuman Memory Monitoring and Possible Roles in Planning and Decision Making; 9 Planning, Memory, and Decision Making; Communication

10 Where Is the Information in Animal Communication?11 Communication in Social Insects: Sophisticated Problem Solving by Groups of Tiny-Brained Animals; 12 Language and Episodic Sharing; 13 Communication; Knowledge; 14 How Intelligent Is Machiavellian Behavior?; 15 Simple Reactions to Nearby Neighbors and Complex Social Behavior in Primates; 16 Cooperation in Nonhuman Primates: Function and Cognition; 17 How Folk Psychology Ruined Comparative Psychology: And How Scrub Jays Can Save It; 18 Social Knowledge;



Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Do animals have cognitive maps? Do they possess knowledge? Do they plan for the future? Do they understand that others have mental lives of their own? This volume provides a state-of-the-art assessment of animal cognition, with experts from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, ecology, and evolutionary biology addressing these questions in an integrative fashion. It summarizes the latest research, identifies areas where consensus has been reached, and takes on current controversies. Over the last thirty years, the field has shifted from the collection of anecdotes and the pursuit of the subjective experience of animals to a rigorous, hypothesis-driven experimental approach. Taking a skeptical stance, this volume stresses the notion that in many cases relatively simple rules may account for rather complex and flexible behaviors. The book critically evaluates current concepts and puts a strong focus on the psychological mechanisms that underpin animal behavior. It offers comparative analyses that reveal common principles as well as adaptations that evolved in particular species in response to specific selective pressures. It assesses experimental approaches to the study of animal navigation, decision making, social cognition, and communication and suggests directions for future research. The book promotes a research program that seeks to understand animals' cognitive abilities and behavioral routines as individuals and as members of social groups"--MIT CogNet.