Primate Communication and Human Language: Vocalisation, Gestures, Imitation and Deixis in Humans and Non-Humans - Couverture rigide

 
9789027204547: Primate Communication and Human Language: Vocalisation, Gestures, Imitation and Deixis in Humans and Non-Humans
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ISBN 10 : 9027204543 ISBN 13 : 9789027204547
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2011

Synopsis

After a long period where it has been conceived as iconoclastic and almost forbidden, the question of language origins is now at the centre of a rich debate, confronting acute proposals and original theories. Most importantly, the debate is nourished by a large set of experimental data from disciplines surrounding language. The editors of the present book have gathered researchers from various fields, with the common objective of taking as seriously as possible the search for continuities from non-human primate vocal and gestural communication systems to human speech and language, in a multidisciplinary perspective combining ethology, neuroscience, developmental psychology and linguistics, as well as computer science and robotics. New data and theoretical elaborations on the emergence of referential communication and language are debated here by some of the most creative scientists in the world.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

After a long period where it has been conceived as iconoclastic and almost forbidden, the question of language origins is now at the centre of a rich debate, confronting acute proposals and original theories. Most importantly, the debate is nourished by a large set of experimental data from disciplines surrounding language. The editors of the present book have gathered researchers from various fields, with the common objective of taking as seriously as possible the search for continuities from non-human primate vocal and gestural communication systems to human speech and language, in a multidisciplinary perspective combining ethology, neuroscience, developmental psychology and linguistics, as well as computer science and robotics. New data and theoretical elaborations on the emergence of referential communication and language are debated here by some of the most creative scientists in the world.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027204543
ISBN 13 
9789027204547
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
245
Éditeur
Vilain Anne, Schwartz Jean-Luc, Abry Christian, Vauclair Jacques
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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