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Biological foundations and origin of syntax [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Derek Bickerton and Eörs Szathmáry
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Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (491 p.) |
Disciplina: | 612.8/2336 |
Soggetto topico: | Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax |
Biolinguistics | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
BickertonDerek
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Note generali: | Forum held July 13-18, 2008, in Frankfurt, Germany. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; Preface; Background; 1 Syntax for Non-syntacticians; 2 The Biological Background of Syntax Evolution; 3 Functional Neuroimaging and the Logic of Brain Operations; Syntactics; 4 Some Elements of Syntactic Computations; 5 The Adaptive Approach to Grammar; 6 Fundamental Syntactic Phenomena and Their Putative Relation to the Brain; 7 What Kinds of Syntactic Phenomena Must Biologists, Neurobiologists, and Computer Scientists Try to Explain and Replicate?; Evolution; 8 Possible Precursors of Syntactic Components in Other Species |
9 What Can Developmental Language Impairment Tell Us about the Genetic Bases of Syntax?10 What Are the Possible Biological and Genetic Foundations for Syntactic Phenomena?; Brain; 11 Brain Circuits of Syntax; 12 Neural Organization for Syntactic Processing as Determined by Effects of Lesions; 13 Reflections on the Neurobiology of Syntax; 14 What Are the Brain Mechanisms Underlying Syntactic Operations?; Modeling; 15 Syntax as an Adaptation to the Learner; 16 Cognition and Social Dynamics Play a Major Role in the Formation of Grammar | |
17 What Can Formal or Computational Models Tell Us about How (Much) Language Shaped the Brain?18 What Can Mathematical, Computational, and Robotic Models Tell Us about the Origins of Syntax?; Glossary; Bibliography; Subject Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Interdisciplinary perspectives on the evolutionary & biological roots of syntax, describing current research on syntax in fields ranging from linguistics to neurology. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Biological foundations and origin of syntax ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-262-29379-X |
1-282-69428-6 | |
9786612694288 | |
0-262-25858-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455411903321 |
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