The Nature of Language Evolution, Paradigms and Circuits /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hillert, Dieter (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Psycholinguistics.; Neuropsychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.

The book The Nature of Language addresses one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: how did language evolve, and what are the neurobiological and cognitive foundations of language processing? This monograph explores these questions from different perspectives to discuss the building blocks o...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Introduction
• PART I. Evolution. - Chapter 1: The Human Lineage
•  1.1 An Overview
• 1.2 Fossil Evidence
• Chapter 2. Protomusic and Speech
• 2.1 The Role of Protomusic
• 2.2 Evolutionary Milestones
• Chapter 3. Genetic Foundations
• 3.1 Language-Related Genes
• 3.2 The Role of the Basal Ganglia
• Chapter 4. The Rise of Cognition
• 4.1 Comparative Studies
• 4.2 Proto-Cognition
• PART II. Paradigms
• Chapter 5. The Human Language System
• 5.1 Biological Disposition
• 5.2 Linguistic Wiring
• Chapter 6. Semantics and Syntax
• 6.1 Sentence Structures
• 6.2 Neural Nets
• Chapter 7. Lexical Concepts
• 7.1 Constructions
• 7.2 Mental Space
• Chapter 8. Figurative Language
• 8.1. Lexical Dark Matters
• 8.2 Idioms and Metaphors
• PART III. Circuits.-Chapter 9. Generating Sentences
• 9.1 Structural Complexity
• 9.2 The Role of Working Memory
• Chapter 10. Accessing Word Meanings
• 10.1 Lexical Concepts
• 10.2 Figures of Speech
• Chapter 11. Atypical Language
• 11.1 Aphasia
• 11.2 Communicative Disorders
• Chapter 12. Language Acquisition
• 12.1 The Genetic Program
• 12.2 The Multilingual Brain.-Prospects
• Index.