The evolution of language: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference (Evolang 2012)
Scott-Philips, Thomas C.
Proceedings of Evolang IX, the 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. The Evolang conferences are the leading international conferencesfor new findings in the study of the origins and evolution of language. They attract a multidisciplinary audience. The proceedings are an important resource for researchers in the field. INDICE: Evolutionary Parallels between Language and Tool Use (Michael A Arbib); Cortico–Cortical and Cortico–Cerebellar Computations in Language Change (Giorgos P Argyropoulos); The Case for Neanderthal Language — How Strong is it? (Sverker Johansson); Meanings of Touching Object Pairs in Pointing (Harumi Kobayashi and Tetsuya Yasuda); Robustness as a Design Feature of Speech Communication (Bodo Winter and Morten H Christiansen); The Evolution of the Exponent of Zipf's Law in Language Ontogeny (Jaume Baixeries, Ramón Ferrer-i-Cancho andBrita Elvevåg); and other papers.
- ISBN: 978-981-4401-49-4
- Editorial: World Scientific
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 600
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés