The Language Phenomenon Human Communication from Milliseconds to Millennia /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Binder, P.-M (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Smith, K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: The Frontiers Collection,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Computers.; Evolutionary biology.; Information theory.; Linguistics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Cognitive psychology.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Theoretical Linguistics.; Cognitive Psychology.; Computing Methodologies.; Information and Communication, Circuits.; Evolutionary Biology.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.