Language Evolution And The Brain
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Language In Our Brain
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Author : Angela D. Friederici
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2017-11-16
Language In Our Brain written by Angela D. Friederici and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language, arguing that species-specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language. Language makes us human. It is an intrinsic part of us, although we seldom think about it. Language is also an extremely complex entity with subcomponents responsible for its phonological, syntactic, and semantic aspects. In this landmark work, Angela Friederici offers a comprehensive account of these subcomponents and how they are integrated. Tracing the neurobiological basis of language across brain regions in humans and other primate species, she argues that species-specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language. Friederici shows which brain regions support the different language processes and, more important, how these brain regions are connected structurally and functionally to make language processes that take place in milliseconds possible. She finds that one particular brain structure (a white matter dorsal tract), connecting syntax-relevant brain regions, is present only in the mature human brain and only weakly present in other primate brains. Is this the “missing link” that explains humans' capacity for language? Friederici describes the basic language functions and their brain basis; the language networks connecting different language-related brain regions; the brain basis of language acquisition during early childhood and when learning a second language, proposing a neurocognitive model of the ontogeny of language; and the evolution of language and underlying neural constraints. She finds that it is the information exchange between the relevant brain regions, supported by the white matter tract, that is the crucial factor in both language development and evolution.
A Brain For Speech
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Author : Francisco Aboitiz
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-07-12
A Brain For Speech written by Francisco Aboitiz and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-12 with Psychology categories.
This book discusses evolution of the human brain, the origin of speech and language. It covers past and present perspectives on the contentious issue of the acquisition of the language capacity. Divided into two parts, this insightful work covers several characteristics of the human brain including the language-specific network, the size of the human brain, its lateralization of functions and interhemispheric integration, in particular the phonological loop. Aboitiz argues that it is the phonological loop that allowed us to increase our vocal memory capacity and to generate a shared semantic space that gave rise to modern language. The second part examines the neuroanatomy of the monkey brain, vocal learning birds like parrots, emergent evidence of vocal learning capacities in mammals, mirror neurons, and the ecological and social context in which speech evolved in our early ancestors. This book's interdisciplinary topic will appeal to scholars of psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, biology and history.
The Evolution Of Language Out Of Pre Language
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Author : Talmy Givón
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2002-01-01
The Evolution Of Language Out Of Pre Language written by Talmy Givón and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The contributors to this volume are linguists, psychologists, neuroscientists, primatologists, and anthropologists who share the assumption that language, just as mind and brain, are products of biological evolution. The rise of human language is not viewed as a serendipitous mutation that gave birth to a unique linguistic organ, but as a gradual, adaptive extension of pre-existing mental capacities and brain structures. The contributors carefully study brain mechanisms, diachronic change, language acquisition, and the parallels between cognitive and linguistic structures to weave a web of hypotheses and suggestive empirical findings on the origins of language and the connections of language to other human capacities. The chapters discuss brain pathways that support linguistic processing; origins of specific linguistic features in temporal and hierarchical structures of the mind; the possible co-evolution of language and the reasoning about mental states; and the aspects of language learning that may serve as models of evolutionary change.
The Symbolic Species The Co Evolution Of Language And The Brain
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Author : Terrence W. Deacon
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 1998-04-17
The Symbolic Species The Co Evolution Of Language And The Brain written by Terrence W. Deacon and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-04-17 with Science categories.
"A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book Review This revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic thinking: from the co-evolutionary exchange between language and brains over two million years of hominid evolution to the ethical repercussions that followed man's newfound access to other people's thoughts and emotions. Informing these insights is a new understanding of how Darwinian processes underlie the brain's development and function as well as its evolution. In contrast to much contemporary neuroscience that treats the brain as no more or less than a computer, Deacon provides a new clarity of vision into the mechanism of mind. It injects a renewed sense of adventure into the experience of being human.
Language Evolution And The Brain
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Author : James W. MINETTinett
language : en
Publisher: City University of HK Press
Release Date : 2009-07-07
Language Evolution And The Brain written by James W. MINETTinett and has been published by City University of HK Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A number of research groups around the world have begun to study how the brain acquires and processes language, but we still know comparatively little about it. Many such groups work on very specific, often narrow, problems. This approach is certainly necessary, but a broad perspective can be helpful, if not essential, too. This volume consists of an important collection of papers presented at the Seminar on Language, Evolution, and the Brain (SLEB), hosted by the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Kyoto, Japan, bringing together distinguished researchers with background in cognitive science, anthropology, linguistics, robotics, physics, etc. Major topics discussed here include: Creoles and pidgins, and their implications regarding language evolution. Quantitative analysis and modeling of various aspects of language evolution, including the evolution of lexical items and color terms, the emergence of linguistics categories, and the dynamics of language competition. The evolution of the human brain, and how that relates to language evolution. The evolution and the role of mirror neurons in both humans and non-humans. Evidence that the influence of language on color perception (an example of the Whorf Effect) is stronger for the right visual field than the left. This volume provides a multi-faceted discussion of how language evolves and shapes the brain that may entice university students and researchers to delve into this field with more background and curiosity.
Foundations Of Language
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Author : Ray Jackendoff
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2002
Foundations Of Language written by Ray Jackendoff and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Computers categories.
A landmark in linguistics and cognitive science, this volume proposes a new holistic theory of the relation between the sounds, structure, and meaning of language and their relation to mind and brain.
The Biology And Evolution Of Language
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Author : Philip Lieberman
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1984
The Biology And Evolution Of Language written by Philip Lieberman and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book synthesizes much of the exciting recent research in the biology of language. Drawing on data from anatomy, neurophysiology, physiology, and behavioral biology, Philip Lieberman develops a new approach to the puzzle of language, arguing that it is the result of many evolutionary compromises. Within his discussion, Lieberman skillfully addresses matters as various as the theory of neoteny (which he refutes), the mating calls of bullfrogs, ape language, dyslexia, and computer-implemented models of the brain.
Biophysics Of Consciousness A Foundational Approach
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Author : Roman R Poznanski
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2016-08-25
Biophysics Of Consciousness A Foundational Approach written by Roman R Poznanski and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-25 with Science categories.
The problem of how the brain produces consciousness, subjectivity and 'something it is like to be' remains one of the greatest challenges to a complete science of the natural world. While various scientists and philosophers approach the problem from their own unique perspectives and in the terms of their own respective fields, Biophysics of Consciousness: A Foundational Approach attempts a consilience across disparate disciplines to explain how it is possible that an objective brain produces subjective experience.This volume unites the crème de la crème of physicists, neuroscientists, and psychiatrists in the attempt to understand consciousness through a foundational approach encompassing ontological, evolutionary, neurobiological, and Freudian interpretations with the focus on conscious phenomena occurring in the brain. By integrating the perspectives of these diverse disciplines with the latest research and theories on the biophysics of the brain, the book tries to explain how consciousness can be an adaptive and causal element in the natural world.
The Oxford Handbook Of Language Evolution
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Author : Maggie Tallerman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012
The Oxford Handbook Of Language Evolution written by Maggie Tallerman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field, including work in animal behaviour; anatomy, genetics and neurology; the prehistory of language; the development of our uniquely linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and change.
The Evolution Of Language Towards Gestural Hypotheses
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Author : Przemysław Żywiczyński
language : en
Publisher: Dis/Continuities
Release Date : 2019
The Evolution Of Language Towards Gestural Hypotheses written by Przemysław Żywiczyński and has been published by Dis/Continuities this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Language and languages categories.
Language evolution is a science which studies the origins and diversification of language. This book is an introduction to the topic and is addressed to audiences who are not professionally involved in the study of language evolution.