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Language Origins - Perspectives On Evolution

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 This book addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how it relates to primate communication; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified. The chapters are written from the perspective of the latest work in linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and computer science, and reflect the idea that various cognitive, physical, neurological, social, and cultural prerequisites led to the development of full human language. Some of these evolutionary changes were preadaptations for language, while others were adaptive changes allowing the development of particular linguistic characteristics. The authors consider a broad spectrum of ideas about the conditions that led to the evolution of protolanguage and full language. Some examine changes that occurred in the course of evolution to Homo sapiens; others consider how languages themselves have adapted by evolving to be learnable. Some chapters look at the workings of the brain, and others deploy sophisticated computer simulations that model such aspects as the emergence of speech sounds and the development of grammar. All make use of the latest methods and theories to probe into the origins and subsequent development of the only species that has language. The book will interest a wide range of linguists, cognitive scientists, biologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and experts in artificial intelligence, as well as all those fascinated by issues, puzzles, and problems raised by the evolution of language.
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Origins Of Meaning - Language In The Light Of Evolution

by James R. Hurford

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 In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the way it evolved, James Hurford looks at how the world first came to have a meaning in the minds of animals and how in humans this meaning eventually came to be expressed as language. He reviews a mass of evidence to show how close some animals, especially primates and more especially apes, are to the brink of human language. Apes may not talk to us but they construct rich cognitive representations of the world around them, and here, he shows, are the evolutionary seeds of abstract thought - the means of referring to objects, the memory of events, even elements of the propositional thinking philosophers have hitherto reserved for humans. What then, he asks, is the evolutionary path between the non-speaking minds of apes and our own speaking minds? Why don''t apes communicate the richness of their thoughts to each other? Why do humans alone have a unique disposition to reveal their thoughts in complex detail? Professor Hurford searches a wide range of evidence for the answers to these central questions, including degrees of trust, the role of hormones, the ability to read minds, and the willingness to cooperate. Expressing himself congenially in consistently colloquial language the author builds up a vivid picture of how mind, language, and meaning evolved over millions of years. His book is a landmark contribution to the understanding of linguistic and thinking processes, and the fullest account yet published of the evolution of language and communication."A wonderful read - lucid, informative, and entertaining, while at the same time never talking down to the reader by sacrificing argumentation for the sake of ''simplicity''. Likely to be heralded as the major publication dealing with language evolution to date. Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington
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The Evolution Of Morphology

by Andrew (, University Of Canterbury, New Zealand) Carstairs-Mccarthy

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 This book considers the evolution of the grammatical structure of words in the contexts of human evolution and the origins of language. The author challenges the conventional views of the relationship between syntax and morphology, the adaptationist view of language evolution, and the notion that language in some way reflects 'laws of form'.
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23: The Transition To Language

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 Explores the origins and early evolution of phonology, syntax, and semantics. This work considers the nature of pre- and proto-linguistic communication, the internal and external triggers that led to its transformation into language, and whether and how language may be considered to have evolved after its inception.
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The Cradle Of Language

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 This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Internationally renowned scholars address the fossil, genetic, and archaeological evidence and critically examine the ways it has been interpreted.
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Language Complexity As An Evolving Variable

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 This fascinating book challenges the idea that languages are equally complex. Eighteen scholars look at evidence from a wide range of times and places. They consider the links between linguistic structure and change and social complexity. Their conclusions challenge conventional ideas about the nature of language and contemporary theory.
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The Prehistory Of Language

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 Prominent linguists, cognitive scientists, archaeologists, primatologists, anthropologists, and natural scientists examine issues and advances in understanding language evolution, ranging from the co-evolution of language and music to the evolutionary biology of language. An important and stylish contribution to a fascinating area of research.
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The Genesis Of Grammar - A Reconstruction

by Bernd (, University Of Cologne) Heine e Tania (, University Of Dusseldorf) Kuteva

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 This book reconstructs what the earliest grammars might have been and shows how they could have led to the languages of modern humankind. It considers whether these languages derive from a single ancestral language; what the structure of language was when it first evolved; and how the properties associated with modern human languages first arose.
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Language Origins - Perspectives On Evolution

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 Addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified. This book deploys the methods and theories to probe into the origins and subsequent development of the only species that has languages.
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Self-Organization In The Evolution Of Speech

by Pierre-Yves (, Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris) Oudeyer

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Canning Spam - You'Ve Got Mail (That You Don'T Want)

by Jeremy Poteet

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 The e-mails that come to us from a sender we don't know are known as spam.This book helps you learn how spammers get your e-mail address and how to stop them, how viruses are transmitted through attachments, how spammers can mask their true identity and how to ultimately block unwanted e-mails.
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After Modernity - Archaeological Approaches To The Contemporary Past

by John (Member Of English Heritage'S Characterisation Team) Schofield e Rodney (Lecturer In Heritage Studies, The Open University) Harrison

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 Rodney Harrison and John Schofield explore how archaeology can inform the study of our own society and other late-modern societies through detailed case studies and a summary of the existing literature. They draw together cross-disciplinary perspectives, and develop a new agenda for the study of the materiality of contemporary societies.
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Nationalism And Social Policy - The Politics Of Territorial Solidarity

by Andre (, Associate Professor, Department Of Political Science, Concordia University, Canada) Lecours e Daniel (, Professor Of Public Policy And Sociology, University Of Saskatchewan, Canada) Beland

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 This book explores the little studied relationship between nationalism and social policy. Focussing on Canada, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, it sheds new light on the relationships between identity formation, territorial politics, and social policy.
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Fundamentals Of Private Pensions

by Dan M. (Professor Emeritus Of Insurance, Wharton School, University Of Pennsylvania) Mcgill, Kyle N. (Attorney, Towers Watson Worldwide Research And Innovation Center In Arlington, Va) Brown, Mark J. (Director Of Retirement Research At Towers Watson Worldwide) Warshawsky e Sylvester (Private Consultant And Chairman Of The Us Social Security Advisory Board) Schieber

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 For more than five decades, Fundamentals of Private Pensions has been the most authoritative text and reference book on retirement plans in the United States. The 9th edition is completely updated and reflects recent developments in retirement plans, including the passage of the US Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA).
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The Origins Of Vowel Systems

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 Addresses universal tendencies of human vowel systems from the point of view of self-organization. This work uses computer simulations to show that the same universal tendencies found in human languages can be reproduced in a population of artificial agents. It also explores the implications of these results for the evolution of language.
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Euripides Alcestis - With Introduction And Commentary

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 Alcestis is one of Euripides' richest and most brilliant - as well as most controversial - plays. But, apart from D. J. Conacher's student text, no annotated edition in English has appeared for more than fifty years.
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The Transition To Language

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 Linguists, biological anthropologists, and cognitive scientists explore the origins and early evolution of phonology, syntax, and semantics. Evidence is drawn from many domains, including computer simulations of language emergence, the songs of finches, problem-solving abilities in monkeys, sign language, and the structure of languages today.
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The Evolution Of Morphology

by Andrew (, University Of Canterbury, New Zealand) Carstairs-Mccarthy

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 This book considers the evolution of the grammatical structure of words in the contexts of human evolution and the origins of language. The author challenges the conventional views of the relationship between syntax and morphology, the adaptationist view of language evolution, and the notion that language in some way reflects 'laws of form'.
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The Prehistory Of Language

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 Prominent linguists, cognitive scientists, archaeologists, primatologists, anthropologists, and natural scientists examine issues and advances in understanding language evolution, ranging from the co-evolution of language and music to the evolutionary biology of language. An important and stylish contribution to a fascinating area of research.
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The Cradle Of Language

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 This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Internationally renowned scholars address the fossil, genetic, and archaeological evidence and critically examine the ways it has been interpreted.
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Why We Talk - The Evolutionary Origins Of Language

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 Constant exchange of information is integral to our societies. Jean-Louis Dessalles explores how this came into being. Presenting language evolution as a natural history of conversation, the author sheds light on the emergence of communication in the hominine congregations, as well as on the human nature.
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Self-Organization In The Evolution Of Speech

by Pierre-Yves (, Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris) Oudeyer

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 Combining neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and linguistics, this title explores questions about the origins of speech. It puts forward the proposal that speech can be spontaneously generated by the coupling of evolutionarily simple neural structures connecting perception and production, and tests this hypothesis through a computational system.
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The Origins Of Vowel Systems

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 Addresses universal tendencies of human vowel systems from the point of view of self-organization. This work uses computer simulations to show that the same universal tendencies found in human languages can be reproduced in a population of artificial agents. It also explores the implications of these results for the evolution of language.
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The Genesis Of Grammar - A Reconstruction

by Bernd (, University Of Cologne) Heine e Tania (, University Of Dusseldorf) Kuteva

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 This book reconstructs what the earliest grammars might have been and shows how they could have led to the languages of modern humankind. It considers whether these languages derive from a single ancestral language; what the structure of language was when it first evolved; and how the properties associated with modern human languages first arose.
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