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Biological foundations and origin of syntax [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Derek Bickerton and Eörs Szathmáry
| Biological foundations and origin of syntax [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Derek Bickerton and Eörs Szathmáry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (491 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612.8/2336 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BickertonDerek
SzathmáryEörs |
| Collana | Strüngmann Forum reports |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
Biolinguistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-262-29379-X
1-282-69428-6 9786612694288 0-262-25858-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455411903321 |
| Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biological foundations and origin of syntax / / edited by Derek Bickerton and Eörs Szathmáry
| Biological foundations and origin of syntax / / edited by Derek Bickerton and Eörs Szathmáry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (491 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612.8/2336 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BickertonDerek
SzathmáryEörs |
| Collana | Strüngmann Forum reports |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
Biolinguistics |
| Soggetto non controllato | LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General |
| ISBN |
0-262-29379-X
1-282-69428-6 9786612694288 0-262-25858-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778558803321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biological foundations and origin of syntax / / edited by Derek Bickerton and Eors Szathmary
| Biological foundations and origin of syntax / / edited by Derek Bickerton and Eors Szathmary |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (491 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612.8/2336 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BickertonDerek
SzathmaryEors |
| Collana | Strungmann Forum reports |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
Biolinguistics |
| ISBN |
9786612694288
9780262293792 026229379X 9781282694286 1282694286 9780262258586 0262258587 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910971826503321 |
| Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and structures of Creole languages [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honor of Derek Bickerton / / edited by Francis Byrne and Thom Huebner
| Development and structures of Creole languages [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honor of Derek Bickerton / / edited by Francis Byrne and Thom Huebner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.22 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BickertonDerek
ByrneFrancis HuebnerThom |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico | Creole dialects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-32818-6
9786613328182 90-272-7782-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | section 1. Identifying Creoles -- section 2. Language variation -- section 3. Creole processes -- section 4. Creole syntax and semantics -- section 5. Serial verbs. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457435803321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and structures of Creole languages : essays in honor of Derek Bickerton / / editors, Francis Byrne, Thom Huebner
| Development and structures of Creole languages : essays in honor of Derek Bickerton / / editors, Francis Byrne, Thom Huebner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations, charts |
| Disciplina | 417/.22 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BickertonDerek
ByrneFrancis HuebnerThom |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico | Creole dialects |
| ISBN |
1-283-32818-6
9786613328182 90-272-7782-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | section 1. Identifying Creoles -- section 2. Language variation -- section 3. Creole processes -- section 4. Creole syntax and semantics -- section 5. Serial verbs. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781470203321 |
| Amsterdam : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and structures of Creole languages : essays in honor of Derek Bickerton / / editors, Francis Byrne, Thom Huebner
| Development and structures of Creole languages : essays in honor of Derek Bickerton / / editors, Francis Byrne, Thom Huebner |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations, charts |
| Disciplina | 417/.22 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BickertonDerek
ByrneFrancis HuebnerThom |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico | Creole dialects |
| ISBN |
1-283-32818-6
9786613328182 90-272-7782-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | section 1. Identifying Creoles -- section 2. Language variation -- section 3. Creole processes -- section 4. Creole syntax and semantics -- section 5. Serial verbs. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953967003321 |
| Amsterdam : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The emergence of protolanguage [[electronic resource] ] : holophrasis vs compositionality / / edited by Michael A. Arbib and Derek Bickerton
| The emergence of protolanguage [[electronic resource] ] : holophrasis vs compositionality / / edited by Michael A. Arbib and Derek Bickerton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 181 p. : ill. (some col.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ArbibMichael A
BickertonDerek |
| Collana | Benjamins current topics |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Etymology
Language acquisition Human evolution Historical linguistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-77502-2
9786612775024 90-272-8782-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459549403321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The emergence of protolanguage [[electronic resource] ] : holophrasis vs compositionality / / edited by Michael A. Arbib and Derek Bickerton
| The emergence of protolanguage [[electronic resource] ] : holophrasis vs compositionality / / edited by Michael A. Arbib and Derek Bickerton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 181 p. : ill. (some col.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ArbibMichael A
BickertonDerek |
| Collana | Benjamins current topics |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Etymology
Language acquisition Human evolution Historical linguistics |
| ISBN |
1-282-77502-2
9786612775024 90-272-8782-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785128403321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The emergence of protolanguage : holophrasis vs compositionality / / edited by Michael A. Arbib and Derek Bickerton
| The emergence of protolanguage : holophrasis vs compositionality / / edited by Michael A. Arbib and Derek Bickerton |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 181 p. : ill. (some col.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ArbibMichael A
BickertonDerek |
| Collana | Benjamins current topics |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Etymology
Language acquisition Human evolution Historical linguistics |
| ISBN |
9786612775024
9781282775022 1282775022 9789027287823 9027287821 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Emergence of Protolanguage -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Untitled -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Is a holistic protolanguage a plausible precursor to language? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Learning by segmentation and the analysis process -- 3. Criticism 1: Can Homo analyse? -- 3.1 Can modern humans analyse? -- 3.2 Could earlier hominids analyse? -- 3.3 Can Homo analyse: A summary -- 4. Criticism 2: Can analysis tolerate counter-examples? -- 4.1 Claim 1: The existence of counter-examples -- 4.2 Dealing with counter-examples -- 4.3 Counter-examples: A summary -- 5. Criticism 3: Does analysis violate the uniformitarian assumption? -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Author's address -- About the author -- Proto-discourse and the emergence of compositionality -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Discourse as sequenced communicative behaviour -- 3. From joint attention to words -- 4. From words to combinations -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Author's address -- Protolanguage in ontogeny and phylogeny -- Method -- Children -- Apes -- Combining gesture with and word or lexigram: Parallel phenomena in child and ape -- Frequency of different kinds of two-element combinations -- Developmental sequencing -- Indication -- Agent-action relation -- Object associated with another object or location -- Sources of ape-child differences in gesture-symbol combinations -- Unique to human children: Constructing messages indicating possession -- Deixis plus representation as a dynamic force in language ontogeny: Implications for protolanguage -- References -- Author's addresses -- From metonymy to syntax in the communication of events -- 1. The plausibility of protolanguage -- 2. Protopragmatics -- 3. Protosemantics -- 3.1 The deictic stage -- 3.2 Meaning fractionation vs. combination.
3.3 Multi-metonymy: Compositionality without syntax -- 3.4 Ambiguity and inference -- 4. The functions of protolanguage -- 4.1 Proximal functions -- 4.2 Ultimate functions -- 4.3 The 'first-to-know' display -- 5. Discussion -- 6. From protolanguage to language -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The "complex first" paradox -- Words and concepts -- Nouns and adjectives -- The structure of meaning -- Situated conceptualization and the theory of neuro-frames -- Evolution and development of the syntax-semantics interface -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Holophrastic protolanguage -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual planning: Implications for protolanguage -- 3. Idioms, processing and complexity -- 4. Lexical constraints on word learning -- Notes -- References -- Protolanguage reconstructed -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The nature of protolanguage -- 2.1 Synthetic complexification -- 2.2 Analytic complexification -- 2.3 Semantic complexity -- 3. Protolinguistic communication -- 3.1 Coded communication -- 3.2 Inferential communication -- 4. The consequences of meaning inference -- 4.1 Variation -- 4.2 Reconstructibility -- 5. Complexification -- 5.1 Semantic complexification -- 5.2 Syntactic complexification -- 5.3 To language -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Growth points from the very beginning -- Across time scales -- Gestures and speech - Two simultaneous modes of semiosis -- Kendon's continuum -- The growth point -- A thought-language-hand brain link -- The IW case -- GPs and language evolution -- 'Mead's Loop' and mirror neurons -- But not 'gesture-first' -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- The roots of linguistic organization in a new language -- Duality of patterning -- Prosody -- Syntax -- Words -- Phrases -- Sentences -- Units larger than a clause -- Recursion -- Morphology -- Conclusion -- Notes. References -- Holophrasis and the protolanguage spectrum -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An evolutionary scenario in which holophrasis plays a key role -- The Mirror System Hypothesis (MSH) -- Construction grammar versus universal grammar -- From holophrasis to compositionality -- The emergence of phonology -- 3. Facing up to common problems -- 4. Defending the holophrastic view -- From situations to protowords -- Predicates and Categories -- Simplicity is complicated -- Grammar emerges -- References -- Author's address -- But how did protolanguage actually start? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Critical differences between human and non-human communication -- 3. Relevance to the holophrasis-compositionality debate -- 4. The need for a paleoanthropological approach -- References -- About the author -- Name Index -- Subject index -- The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910968267303321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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