Computational Phenotypes

Towards an Evolutionary Developmental Biolinguistics

AvSergio Balari,Guillermo Lorenzo

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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This book confronts the hotly debated claim that language is a species specific trait of humans. It also considers the notion that disentangling the evolutionary history of language is one of science's hardest problems. Building on the recent conceptual breakthroughs of the EvoDevo paradigm, Balari and Lorenzo argue that language is not so exceptional after all. It is, rather, just the human version of a fairly common and conservative organic system which they call the Central Computational Complex. The authors also propose that interspecies variation of this organ is restricted to (i) accessible memory resources, and (ii) patterns of external connectivity, both being the result of perturbations on the system underlying its development. The book, written accessibly for both biologists and linguists, offers a fresh perspective on language as a naturally evolved phenomenon.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-12-13
Mått:170 x 233 x 13 mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199665471

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Sergio Balari is a Professor of Linguistics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Guillermo Lorenzo is Professor of Linguistics at Universidad de Oviedo. They are members of an interuniversity team currently working on the developmental basis and evolutionary origins of language, with funds provided by the Spanish Government and FEDER. Sergio Balari is also a member of the Centre de Lingüística Teòrica (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). They have coauthored several articles in leading journals such as Biolinguistics, Biological Theory and International Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

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With the aim of explaining the biological constraints underpinning human language evolution, the authors bridge linguistics, biology, and mathematical theories, providing a fresh interdisciplinary perspective on this field of studies.

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Pains of Being Owenians/Chomskyans/Cartesians at heart ; 2. My Beloved Monster ; 3. The Dead End of Communication ; 4. On True Homologues ; 5. Computational Homology ; 6. Introducing Computational Evo Devo ; 7. Other Minds ; 8. Conclusions ; Appendix ; References ; Index