The Language Phenomenon Human Communication from Milliseconds to Millennia

The Language Phenomenon Human Communication from Milliseconds to Millennia / edited by P.-M. Binder, K. Smith.

This volume contains a contemporary, integrated description of the processes of language. These range from fast scales (fractions of a second) to slow ones (over a million years). The contributors, all experts in their fields, address language in the brain, production of sentences and dialogues, lan...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Binder, P.-M (Editor), Smith, K. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:The Frontiers Collection,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
Linguistics.
Cognitive psychology.
Artificial intelligence.
Information theory.
Evolutionary biology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction.-Neurobiology: Language by, in, through and across the brain
  • Dialogue
  • Learning: Statistical mechanisms in language acquisition
  • Evolution:  Language use and the evolution of languages
  • Transitions: The evolution of linguistic replicators
  • Genes: Interactions with language on three levels
  • Language in Nature: On the evolutionary roots of a cultural phenomenon
  • Self-Organization: Complex dynamical systems in the evolution of speech
  • Environment: Language ecology and language death
  • Conclusions.

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