Computational Phenotypes: Towards An Evolutionary Developmental Biolinguistics (Oxford Studies In Biolinguistics) - Couverture souple

Balari, Sergio

 
9780199665471: Computational Phenotypes: Towards An Evolutionary Developmental Biolinguistics (Oxford Studies In Biolinguistics)
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ISBN 10 : 0199665478 ISBN 13 : 9780199665471
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This book confronts the hotly debated claim that language is a species specific trait of humans. It also considers the notion that disentangling the evolutionary history of language is one of science's hardest problems. Building on the recent conceptual breakthroughs of the EvoDevo paradigm, Balari and Lorenzo argue that language is not so exceptional after all. It is, rather, just the human version of a fairly common and conservative organic system which they call the Central Computational Complex. The authors also propose that interspecies variation of this organ is restricted to (i) accessible memory resources, and (ii) patterns of external connectivity, both being the result of perturbations on the system underlying its development. The book, written accessibly for both biologists and linguists, offers a fresh perspective on language as a naturally evolved phenomenon.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sergio Balari is a Professor of Linguistics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Guillermo Lorenzo is Professor of Linguistics at Universidad de Oviedo. They are members of an interuniversity team currently working on the developmental basis and evolutionary origins of language, with funds provided by the Spanish Government and FEDER. Sergio Balari is also a member of the Centre de Lingüística Teòrica (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). They have coauthored several articles in leading journals such as Biolinguistics, Biological Theory and International Journal of Evolutionary Biology.




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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199665478
ISBN 13 
9780199665471
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
254
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9780199665464: Computational Phenotypes: Towards an Evolutionary Developmental Biolinguistics

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ISBN 10 :  019966546X ISBN 13 :  9780199665464
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2012
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