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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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The major transitions in evolution [[electronic resource] /] / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry
| The major transitions in evolution [[electronic resource] /] / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry |
| Autore | Maynard Smith John <1920-2004.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SzathmáryEörs |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Genetic transformation Natural selection |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-191923-3
0-19-158600-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 What is life?; 3 Chemical evolution; 4 The evolution of templates; 5 The chicken and egg problem; 6 The origin of translation and the genetic code; 7 The origin of protocells; 8 The origin of eukaryotes; 9 The origin of sex and the nature of species; 10 Intragenomic conflict; 11 Symbiosis; 12 Development in simple organisms; 13 Gene regulation and cell heredity; 14 The development of spatial patterns; 15 Development and evolution; 16 The origins of societies; 17 The origin of language; References; Author index; Subject index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465508203321 |
Maynard Smith John <1920-2004.>
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The major transitions in evolution [[electronic resource] /] / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry
| The major transitions in evolution [[electronic resource] /] / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry |
| Autore | Maynard Smith John <1920-2004.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SzathmáryEörs |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Genetic transformation Natural selection |
| ISBN |
0-19-191923-3
0-19-158600-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 What is life?; 3 Chemical evolution; 4 The evolution of templates; 5 The chicken and egg problem; 6 The origin of translation and the genetic code; 7 The origin of protocells; 8 The origin of eukaryotes; 9 The origin of sex and the nature of species; 10 Intragenomic conflict; 11 Symbiosis; 12 Development in simple organisms; 13 Gene regulation and cell heredity; 14 The development of spatial patterns; 15 Development and evolution; 16 The origins of societies; 17 The origin of language; References; Author index; Subject index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791998703321 |
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Maynard Smith John <1920-2004.>
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The major transitions in evolution revisited / / edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny
| The major transitions in evolution revisited / / edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CalcottBrett
SterelnyKim SzathmáryEörs |
| Collana | Vienna series in theoretical biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Biodiversity Genetic transformation Population genetics |
| Soggetto non controllato | BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution |
| ISBN |
1-283-11918-8
9786613119186 0-262-29570-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : a dynamic view of evolution / Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny -- The miscellaneous transitions in evolution / Daniel W. McShea and Carl Simpson -- Alternative patterns of explanation for major transitions / Brett Calcott -- Biological ontogeny and hierarchical organization : a defense of rank freedom / Samir Okasha -- Darwinian populations and transitions in individuality / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- Evolvability reconsidered / Kim Sterelny -- To be or not to be : where is self-preservation in evolutionary theory? / Pamela Lyon -- The evolution of restraint in structured populations : setting the stage for an egalitarian major transition / Benjamin Kerr and Joshua Nahum -- Conflicts among levels of selection as fuel for the evolution of individuality / Paul B. Rainey and Benjamin Kerr -- Evolutionary transitions in individuality : multicellularity and sex / Richard E. Michod -- How many levels are there? : how insights from evolutionary transitions in individuality help measure the hierarchical complexity of life / Carl Simpson -- Plant individuality and multilevel selection theory / Ellen Clarke -- Phylogenetic, functional, and geological perspectives on complex multicellularity / Andrew H. Knoll and David Hewitt -- The small picture approach to the big picture : using DNA sequences to investigate the diversification of animal body plans / Lindell Bromham -- Concluding remarks / Eörs Szathmáry and Chrisantha Fernando. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789569603321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The major transitions in evolution revisited / / edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny
| The major transitions in evolution revisited / / edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CalcottBrett
SterelnyKim SzathmáryEörs |
| Collana | Vienna series in theoretical biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Biodiversity Genetic transformation Population genetics |
| Soggetto non controllato | BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution |
| ISBN |
1-283-11918-8
9786613119186 0-262-29570-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : a dynamic view of evolution / Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny -- The miscellaneous transitions in evolution / Daniel W. McShea and Carl Simpson -- Alternative patterns of explanation for major transitions / Brett Calcott -- Biological ontogeny and hierarchical organization : a defense of rank freedom / Samir Okasha -- Darwinian populations and transitions in individuality / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- Evolvability reconsidered / Kim Sterelny -- To be or not to be : where is self-preservation in evolutionary theory? / Pamela Lyon -- The evolution of restraint in structured populations : setting the stage for an egalitarian major transition / Benjamin Kerr and Joshua Nahum -- Conflicts among levels of selection as fuel for the evolution of individuality / Paul B. Rainey and Benjamin Kerr -- Evolutionary transitions in individuality : multicellularity and sex / Richard E. Michod -- How many levels are there? : how insights from evolutionary transitions in individuality help measure the hierarchical complexity of life / Carl Simpson -- Plant individuality and multilevel selection theory / Ellen Clarke -- Phylogenetic, functional, and geological perspectives on complex multicellularity / Andrew H. Knoll and David Hewitt -- The small picture approach to the big picture : using DNA sequences to investigate the diversification of animal body plans / Lindell Bromham -- Concluding remarks / Eörs Szathmáry and Chrisantha Fernando. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820237903321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The origins of life : from the birth of life to the origin of language / / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry
| The origins of life : from the birth of life to the origin of language / / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry |
| Autore | Maynard Smith John <1920-2004, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Genetic transformation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-336-03095-X
0-19-160421-6 0-19-164732-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1 Life and information; 2 The major transitions; 3 From chemistry to heredity; 4 From the RNA world to the modern world; 5 From heredity to simple cells; 6 The origin of eukaryotic cells; 7 The origin of sex; 8 Genetic conflict; 9 Living together; 10 The evolution of many-celled organisms; 11 Animal societies; 12 From animal societies to human societies; 13 The origin of language; Further reading; Glossary; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461823103321 |
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Maynard Smith John <1920-2004, >
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| Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The origins of life : from the birth of life to the origin of language / / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry
| The origins of life : from the birth of life to the origin of language / / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry |
| Autore | Maynard Smith John <1920-2004, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Genetic transformation |
| ISBN |
1-336-03095-X
0-19-160421-6 0-19-164732-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1 Life and information; 2 The major transitions; 3 From chemistry to heredity; 4 From the RNA world to the modern world; 5 From heredity to simple cells; 6 The origin of eukaryotic cells; 7 The origin of sex; 8 Genetic conflict; 9 Living together; 10 The evolution of many-celled organisms; 11 Animal societies; 12 From animal societies to human societies; 13 The origin of language; Further reading; Glossary; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790306803321 |
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Maynard Smith John <1920-2004, >
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| Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The origins of life : from the birth of life to the origin of language / / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry
| The origins of life : from the birth of life to the origin of language / / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry |
| Autore | Maynard Smith John <1920-2004, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Genetic transformation |
| ISBN |
1-336-03095-X
0-19-160421-6 0-19-164732-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1 Life and information; 2 The major transitions; 3 From chemistry to heredity; 4 From the RNA world to the modern world; 5 From heredity to simple cells; 6 The origin of eukaryotic cells; 7 The origin of sex; 8 Genetic conflict; 9 Living together; 10 The evolution of many-celled organisms; 11 Animal societies; 12 From animal societies to human societies; 13 The origin of language; Further reading; Glossary; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809661003321 |
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Maynard Smith John <1920-2004, >
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| Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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