The Evolutionary emergence of language : social function and the origins of linguistic form / / edited by Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy, James R. Hurford |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KnightChris <1942->
Studdert-KennedyMichael HurfordJames R |
Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Origin
Anthropological linguistics Human evolution |
ISBN |
1-107-12919-2
1-280-42978-X 0-511-17798-4 0-511-04093-8 0-511-14847-X 0-511-32584-3 0-511-60644-3 0-511-04604-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Language : a Darwinian adaptation? / Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy and James R. Hurford -- Introduction : the evolution of cooperative communication / Chris Knight -- Comprehension, production and conventionalisation in the origins of language / Robbins Burling -- Cooperation, competition and the evolution of prelinguistic communication / Jason Noble -- Language and hominid politics / Jean-Louis Dessalles -- Secret language use at female initiation : bounding gossiping communities / Camilla Power -- Play as precursor of phonology and syntax / Chris Knight --Introduction : the emergence of phonetic structure / Michael Studdert-Kennedy -- The role of mimesis in infant language development : evidence for phylogeny? / Marilyn M. Vihman and Rory A. Depaolis -- Evolution of speech : the relation between ontogeny and phylogeny / Peter F. Macneilage and Barbara L. Davis -- Evolutionary implications of the particulate principle : imitation and the dissociation of phonetic form from semantic function / Michael Studdert-Kennedy -- Emergence of sound systems through self-organisation / Bart de Boer -- Modelling language-physiology coevolution / Daniel Livingstone and Colin Fyfe -- Introduction : the emergence of syntax / James R. Hurford -- The spandrels of the linguistic genotype / David Lightfoot -- The distinction between sentences and noun phrases : an impediment to language evolution? / Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy -- How protolanguage became language / Derek Bickerton -- Holistic utterances in protolanguage : the link from primates to humans / Alison Wray -- Syntax without natural selection : how compositionality emerges from vocabulary in a population of learners / Simon Kirby -- Social transmission favours linguistic generalisation / James R. Hurford -- Words, memes and language evolution / Robert P. Worden -- On the reconstruction of 'proto-world' word order / Frederick J. Newmeyer -- The history, rate and pattern of world linguistic evolution / Mark Pagel. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807825603321 |
Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Self-Organization in the Evolution of Speech [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Oudeyer Pierre-Yves |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
Disciplina |
401.9
417.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HurfordJames R |
Collana | Studies in the Evolution of Language |
Soggetto topico |
Language and languages
Self-organizing systems Speech Language and languages - Origin Languages & Literatures Journalism & Communications Philology & Linguistics Communication & Mass Media |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-37022-3
9786611370220 9786610903467 0-19-151610-4 1-4294-6983-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; List of Figures; 1. The Self-Organization Revolution in Science; 2. The Human Speech Code; 3. Self-Organization and Evolution; 4. Existing Theories; 5. Artificial Systems as Research Tools; 6. The Artificial System; 7. Learning Perceptuo-motor Correspondences; 8. Strong Combinatoriality and Phonotactics; 9. New Scenarios; 10. Constructing for Understanding; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451548703321 |
Oudeyer Pierre-Yves | ||
Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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