The Language Phenomenon: Human Communication from Milliseconds to Millennia

By Philippe M. Binder

Book Overview

Introduction.-Neurobiology: Language by, in, through and across the brain.- Dialogue.- Learning: Statistical mechanisms in language acquisition.- Evolution: Language use and the evolution of languages.- Transitions: The evolution of linguistic replicators.- Genes: Interactions with language on three levels.- Language in Nature: On the evolutionary roots of a cultural phenomenon.- Self-Organization: Complex dynamical systems in the evolution of speech.- Environment: Language ecology and language death.- Conclusions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642446167
• ISBN13: 9783642446160
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"