Why only us :: language and evolution /
Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it. "A loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary phenom...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it. "A loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary phenomenon of language." --New York Review of Books We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire any human language--"the language faculty"--raises important biological questions about language, including how it has evolved. This book by two distinguished scholars--a computer scientist and a linguist--addresses the enduring question of the evolution of language. Robert Berwick and Noam Chomsky explain that until recently the evolutionary question could not be properly posed, because we did not have a clear idea of how to define "language" and therefore what it was that had evolved. But since the Minimalist Program, developed by Chomsky and others, we know the key ingredients of language and can put together an account of the evolution of human language and what distinguishes us from all other animals. Berwick and Chomsky discuss the biolinguistic perspective on language, which views language as a particular object of the biological world; the computational efficiency of language as a system of thought and understanding; the tension between Darwin's idea of gradual change and our contemporary understanding about evolutionary change and language; and evidence from nonhuman animals, in particular vocal learning in songbirds |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (215 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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| spelling | Berwick, Robert C., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82133549 Why only us : language and evolution / Robert C. Berwick, Noam Chomsky. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (215 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-199) and indexes. Why now? -- Biolinguistics evolving -- Language architecture and its import for evolution -- Triangles in the brain. Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it. "A loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary phenomenon of language." --New York Review of Books We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire any human language--"the language faculty"--raises important biological questions about language, including how it has evolved. This book by two distinguished scholars--a computer scientist and a linguist--addresses the enduring question of the evolution of language. Robert Berwick and Noam Chomsky explain that until recently the evolutionary question could not be properly posed, because we did not have a clear idea of how to define "language" and therefore what it was that had evolved. But since the Minimalist Program, developed by Chomsky and others, we know the key ingredients of language and can put together an account of the evolution of human language and what distinguishes us from all other animals. Berwick and Chomsky discuss the biolinguistic perspective on language, which views language as a particular object of the biological world; the computational efficiency of language as a system of thought and understanding; the tension between Darwin's idea of gradual change and our contemporary understanding about evolutionary change and language; and evidence from nonhuman animals, in particular vocal learning in songbirds Publisher English. online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed June 4, 2021) Language acquisition Psychological aspects. Human evolution Psychological aspects. Minimalist theory (Linguistics) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95003803 Biolinguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014167 Psycholinguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108432 Language acquisition. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074511 Evolution (Biology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004042 Language Development Biological Evolution Psycholinguistics Langage Acquisition Aspect psychologique. Êtres humains Évolution Aspect psychologique. Minimalisme (Linguistique) Biolinguistique. Psycholinguistique. Langage Acquisition. Évolution (Biologie) psycholinguistics. aat evolution. aat LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES General. bisacsh Language acquisition fast Evolution (Biology) fast Biolinguistics fast Language acquisition Psychological aspects fast Minimalist theory (Linguistics) fast Psycholinguistics fast Människans utveckling psykologiska aspekter. sao Minimalistiska programmet (språkvetenskap) sao Språkpsykologi. sao Språkinlärning. sao LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution Chomsky, Noam, author. Print version: Berwick, Robert C. Why only us. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016] 9780262034241 (DLC) 2015038384 (OCoLC)927241552 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1136411 Volltext |
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