Becoming eloquent : advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures / / edited by Francesco d'Errico, Jean-Marie Hombert

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 289 p
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetto topico: Anthropological linguistics; Linguistic paleontology; Language and languages - Origin
• Altri autori: D'ErricoFrancesco HombertJean Marie
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Jean-Marie Hombert and Francesco d'Errico -- Language and archaeology -- From the origin of language to the diversification of languages : what can archaeology and palaeoanthropology say? / Francesco d'Errico ... [et al.] -- Early diffusion of domestic bovids in Europe : an indicator for human contacts, exchanges and migrations? / Anne Tresset ... [et al.] -- Language and genes -- Linguistic, cultural and genetic perspectives on human diversity in west-central Africa / Lolke van der Veen, Lluis Quintana-Murci and David Comas -- The Berber and the Berbers : genetic and linguistic diversities / Jean-Michel Dugoujon ... [et al.] -- East meets West : the Assam corridor / François Jacquesson -- Genetic and linguistic diversity in Central Asia / Evelyne Heyer and Philippe Mennecier -- Genetic and linguistic borders in the Himalayan Region / Thirsa Kraaijenbrink ... [et al.] -- Language acquisition and language universals -- From babbling to first words in four languages : common trends across languages and individual differences / Sophie Kern, Barbara Davis and Inge Zink -- Language and animal communication -- The primate roots of human language : primate vocal behaviour and cognition in the wild / Klaus Zuberbühler ... [et al.] -- Language evolution and computer modeling -- Can agent-based language evolution contribute to archeology? / Luc Steels -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A growing scala of computational and robotic experiments are trying to pin down the cognitive and social prerequisites that may have given rise to human language. From humble beginnings showing how a lexicon may self-organize in a population of artificial agents, these research efforts are now exploring how grammatical languages about complex scenes may emerge. This paper introduces this field of inquiry and then explores whether a dialog with archeologists might be useful.
• Titolo autorizzato: Becoming eloquent
• ISBN: 9786612444845; 9781282444843; 1282444840; 9789027288714; 9027288712
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966623203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II