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Language Origins - Perspectives on Evolution (Paperback, New)
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Language Origins - Perspectives on Evolution (Paperback, New)
Series: Studies in the Evolution of Language
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This book addresses central questions in the evolution of language:
where it came from; how it relates to primate communication; how
and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and
how languages diversified. The chapters are written from the
perspective of the latest work in linguistics, neuroscience,
psychology, and computer science, and reflect the idea that various
cognitive, physical, neurological, social, and cultural
prerequisites led to the development of full human language. Some
of these evolutionary changes were preadaptations for language,
while others were adaptive changes allowing the development of
particular linguistic characteristics. The authors consider a broad
spectrum of ideas about the conditions that led to the evolution of
protolanguage and full language. Some examine changes that occurred
in the course of evolution to Homo sapiens; others consider how
languages themselves have adapted by evolving to be learnable. Some
chapters look at the workings of the brain, and others deploy
sophisticated computer simulations that model such aspects as the
emergence of speech sounds and the development of grammar. All make
use of the latest methods and theories to probe into the origins
and subsequent development of the only species that has language.
The book will interest a wide range of linguists, cognitive
scientists, biologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and experts
in artificial intelligence, as well as all those fascinated by
issues, puzzles, and problems raised by the evolution of language.
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