Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (557 p.)
Disciplina	401/.93
Altri autori (Persone)	BerwickRobert C BolhuisJohan J ChomskyNoam EveraertMartin
Soggetto topico	Birds - Vocalization Birdsongs Cognitive neuroscience Human evolution Language acquisition Neurolinguistics Speech acts (Linguistics)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-299-44329-X 0-262-31382-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Foreword: A Bird's-Eye View of Human Language and Evolution; Preface; I Introduction; 1 The Design Principles of Natural Language; 2 Evolution, Memory, and the Nature of Syntactic Representation; 3 Convergence and Deep Homology in the Evolution of Spoken Language; 4 Evolution of Brain Pathways for Vocal Learning in Birds and Humans; II Acquisition of Birdsong and Speech; 5 Behavioral Similarities between Birdsong and Spoken Language; 6 Parametric Variation: Language and Birdsong; 7 Vocal Culture in Songbirds: An Experimental Approach to Cultural Evolution 8 Acquisition of Linguistic Categories: Cross-Domain ConvergencesIII Phonology and Syntax; 9 Structure in Human Phonology and in Birdsong: A Phonologist's Perspective; 10 Recursivity of Language: What Can Birds Tell Us about It?; 11 Finite-State Song Syntax in Bengalese Finches: Sensorimotor Evidence, Developmental Processes, and Formal Procedures for Syntax Extraction; 12 Analyzing the Structure of Bird Vocalizations and Language: Finding Common Ground; 13 Phonological Awareness in Grey Parrots: Creation of New Labels from Existing Vocalizations; IV Neurobiology of Song and Speech 14 The Neural Basis of Links and Dissociations between Speech Perception and Production15 Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Learning and Memory in Songbirds and Mammals; 16 Age Effects in Language Acquisition and Attrition; 17 A "Birdsong Perspective" on Human Speech Production; 18 Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Generation of Birdsong: A Modular Sequential Behavior; 19 Auditory-Vocal Mirror Neurons for Learned Vocal Communication; 20 Peripheral Mechanisms of Vocalization in Birds: A Comparison with Human Speech; V Genes, Song, Speech, and Language 21 Building Bridges between Genes, Brains, and Language22 A Bird's-Eye View of FoxP2; 23 Genetic Basis of Language: Insights from Developmental Dyslexia; VI Evolution of Song, Speech, and Language; 24 Musical Protolanguage: Darwin's Theory of Language Evolution Revisited; 25 Birdsong as a Model for Studying Factors and Mechanisms Affecting Signal Evolution; 26 Evolution of Vocal Communication: An Avian Model; List of Contributors; Index
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Autore	Moro Andrea
Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina	401
Altri autori (Persone)	ChomskyNoam CaponigroIvano KaneDaniel B
Collana	Current Studies in Linguistics
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-262-32967-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Exploring the Boundaries of Babel; Translators' Note for the First Edition; 1491: Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 The Hidden Texture; 2 Language in the Brain; 3 The Form of Grammar; 4 Toward the Source of Order; Epilogue; References; Name Index; Subject Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461055803321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (360 pages)
Disciplina	410/.92
Altri autori (Persone)	ChomskyNoam
Collana	Columbia Themes in Philosophy
Soggetto topico	Linguistics World politics - 1989-
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-231-51778-5
Classificazione	ER 560
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- PART I. CHOMSKY -- 1. The Mysteries of Nature: How Deeply Hidden? / Chomsky, Noam -- 2. The Great Soul of Power: Said Memorial Lecture / Chomsky, Noam -- PART II. INTRODUCTIONS -- 3. Chomsky, France, Reason, Power / Bricmont, Jean / Franck, Julie -- 4. An Interview with Noam Chomsky / Bricmont, Jean -- PART III. LINGUISTIC THEORY AND LANGUAGE PROCESSES -- 5. The Varying Aims of Linguistic Theory / Boeckx, Cedric / Hornstein, Norbert -- 6. Language, Thought, and Reality After Chomsky / Chierchia, Gennaro -- 7. Generative Syntax in the Brain / Grodzinsky, Yosef -- PART IV. COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND -- 8. Learning Organs / Gallistel, Charles R. -- 9. Innateness, Choice, and Language / Spelke, Elizabeth -- 10. The Scope and Limits of Chomsky's Naturalism / Jacob, Pierre -- PART V. CHOMSKY AND THE INTELLIGENTSIA -- 11. Conspiracy: When Journalists (and Their Favorites) Misrepresent the Critical Analysis of the Media / Halimi, Serge / Rindel, Arnaud -- 12. Noam Chomsky and the University / Guerlain, Pierre -- 13. The Practice of Intellectual Self-Defense in the University / Baillargeon, Normand -- 14. Chomsky, Faurisson, and Vidal-Naquet / Bricmont, Jean -- 15. Chomsky and Bourdieu: A Missed Encounter / Delorca, Frédéric -- PART VI. POLITICS: THEORY AND PRACTICE -- 16. Chomsky in France: The Resistance to Pragmatic Anti-Authoritarianism / Portis, Larry -- 17. Testimony / George, Susan -- 18. Truth, Balance, and Freedom / Bilgrami, Akeel -- Contributors
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910464319103321

Autore	Yildiz Kerim
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, : Pluto Press in association with Kurdish Human Rights Project, 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina	341.2422
Altri autori (Persone)	MüllerMark ChomskyNoam
Soggetto topico	Human rights - European Union countries Human rights - Turkey Kurds
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-84964-401-2 1-281-87887-1 9786611878870 1-4356-9097-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454727103321