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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812265803321

Autore

Loritz Donald <1947->

Titolo

How the brain evolved language / / Donald Loritz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-028798-5

1-282-36708-0

9786612367083

0-19-534861-3

1-4237-3534-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224p. ) : ill

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Origin

Biolinguistics

Grammar, Comparative and general

Brain - Evolution

Languages

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Lought and Thanguage; 2. Jones' Theory of Evolution; 3. The Communicating Cell; 4. The Society of Brain; 5. Adaptive Resonance; 6. Speech and Hearing; 7. Speech Perception; 8. One, Two, Three; 9. Romiet nad Juleo; 10. Null Movement; 11. Truth and Consequences; 12. What if Language is Learned by Brain Cells; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How can an infinite number of sentences be generated from one human mind? How did language evolve in apes? Donald Loritz addresses these and other fundamental questions about language, cognition and the human brain.