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Etat : Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Etat : Very Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. (evolution, physiology, neurolinguistics).

Etat : Como nuevo. : Lingua ex machina es un libro que explora la conciliación de las teorías de Darwin y Chomsky sobre el cerebro humano. Esta obra combina investigaciones en neurobiología, etología animal y humana, lingüística, teoría de la comunicación y semiología social para reconstruir un marco evolutivo. Los autores sostienen que las etapas intermedias necesarias para llegar al lenguaje humano deben entenderse en su función y utilidad propias, considerando la capacidad de la sintaxis como la piedra clave que une distintas modalidades de comunicación lingüística y protolingüística. EAN: 9788474328493 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Ciencias|Tecnología Título: Lingua ex machina Autor: William H. Calvin| Derek Bickerton Editorial: GEDISA Idioma: es-ES Páginas: 368 Formato: tapa blanda.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. First printing. As new in like dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Clean & Unmarked. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Signed by the author William H Calvin on the title page. Previous owner name writ large on front free end paper. Otherwise, a very clean and straight copy in like dust jacket. Signed by Author.

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A first Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in an unblemished dust-jacket; Lingua Ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain is a book that attempts to reconcile the theories of Charles Darwin with the theory of Noam Chomsky. The book argues that the human brain is capable of creating its own language, and that this ability is rooted in our evolutionary history.; 8vo; 298 pages; Price? ? ?

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Soft cover. Etat : New.

2. Cambridge, Mass. / London, The MIT Press, 2000, in-8°, 298 pp, b/w ills, bibliography in the notes, index, publisher's cloth, dustwrapper, mint copy.

orig.cloth Minor rubbing. An ink mark to top page-edge. VG., dustwrapper. 24x15cm, 298 pp "A machine for language? Certainly, say the neurophysiologists, busy studying the specializations of the human brain and trying to indentify their evolutionary antecedents. Linguists such as Noam Chomsky talk about machine-like "modules" in the brain for syntax, arguing that language is more an instinct (a complex behaviour triggered by simple environmental stimuli) than an acquired skill like riding a bicycle. But structured language presents the same evolutionary problems as feathered forelimbs for flight: you need a lot of specializations to fly even a little bit. How do you get them, if evolution has no foresight and the intermediate stages do not have intermediate payoffs? Some say that the Darwinian scheme for gradual species self-improvement cannot explain our most valued human capability, the one that sets us so far above the apes, language itself. William Calvin and Derek Bickerton suggest that other evolutionary developments, not directly related to language, allowed language to evolve in a way that eventually promoted a Chomskian syntax. They compare these intermediate behaviours to the curb-cuts originally intended for wheelchair users. Their usefulness was soon discovered by users of strollers, shopping carts, rollerblades and so on. The authors argue that reciprocal altruism and ballistic movement planning were "curb-cuts" that indirectly promoted the formation of structured language. Written in the form of a dialogue set in Bellagio, Italy, "Lingua ex Machina" presents an engaging challenge to those who view the human capacity for language as a Minor rubbing. An ink mark to top page-edge. VG., dustwrapper.