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The Language Phenomenon Human Communication from Milliseconds to Millennia

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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Binder, P.-M. (Editor), Smith, K. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:The Frontiers Collection
Subjects:
Complex Systems
Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar
Linguistics
Computer Science / Mathematics
Evolutionary Biology
Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Psychology
Mathematical Applications In Computer Science
System Theory
Evolution (biology)
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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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