ISBN:
9789027288714
Language:
English
Pages:
VI, 283 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Becoming Eloquent : Advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Paläolinguistik
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Sprachentwicklung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Few topics of scientific enquiry have attracted more attention in the last decade than the origin and evolution of language. Few have offered an equivalent intellectual challenge for interdisciplinary collaborations between linguistics, cognitive science, prehistoric archaeology, palaeoanthropology, genetics, neurophysiology, computer science and robotics. The contributions presented in this volume reflect the multiplicity of interests and research strategy used to tackle this complex issue, summarize new relevant data and emerging theories, provide an updated view of this interdisciplinary ve
Description / Table of Contents:
Becoming Eloquent; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Language and archaeology; From the origin of language to the diversification of languages; Early diffusion of domestic bovids in Europe; Language and genes; Linguistic, cultural and genetic perspectives on human diversity in west-central Africa; The Berber and the Berbers; East meets West: The Assam corridor; Genetic and linguistic diversity in Central Asia; Genetic and linguistic borders in the Himalayan Region; Language acquisition and language universals; From babbling to first words in four languages
Description / Table of Contents:
Language and animal communicationThe primate roots of human language; Language evolution and computer modeling; Can agent-based language evolution contribute to archeology?; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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