Biological foundations and origin of syntax
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Biological foundations and origin of syntax
（Strüngmann Forum reports / series editor: J. Lupp）
MIT Press, c2009
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Forum held July 13-18, 2008, in Frankfurt, Germany
Bibliography: p. [417]-464
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収録内容
- Syntax for non-syntacticians : a brief primer / Derek Bickerton
- The biological background of syntax evolution / Anna Fedor, Péter Ittzés, and Eörs Szathmáry
- Functional neuroimaging and the logic of brain operations : methodologies, caveats, and fundamental examples from language research / Balázs Gulyás
- Some elements of syntactic computations / Luigi Rizzi
- The adaptive approach to grammar / T. Givón
- Fundamental syntactic phenomena and their putative relation to the brain / Edith Kaan
- What kinds of syntactic phenomena must biologists, neurobiologists, and computer scientists try to explain and replicate? / Maggie Tallerman ... [et al.]
- Possible precursors of syntactic components in other species / Austin T. Hilliard and Stephanie A. White
- What can developmental language impairment tell us about the genetic bases of syntax? / Dorothy V.M. Bishop
- What are the possible biological and genetic foundations for syntactic phenomena? / Szabolcs Számadó ... [et al.]
- Brain circuits of syntax / Angela D. Friederici
- Neural organization for syntactic processing as determined by effects of lesions : logic, data, and difficult questions / David Caplan
- Reflections on the neurobiology of syntax / Peter Hagoort
- What are the brain mechanisms underlying syntactic operations? / Anna Fedor ... [et al.]
- Syntax as an adaptation to the learner / Simon Kirby, Morten H. Christiansen, and Nick Chater
- Cognition and social dynamics play a major role in the formation of grammar / Luc Steels
- What can formal or computational models tell us about how (much) language shaped the brain? / Ted Briscoe
- What can mathematical, computational, and robotic models tell us about the origin of syntax? / Herbert Jaeger ... [et al.]
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内容説明
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the evolutionary and biological roots of syntax, describing current research on syntax in fields ranging from linguistics to neurology.
Syntax is arguably the most human-specific aspect of language. Despite the proto-linguistic capacities of some animals, syntax appears to be the last major evolutionary transition in humans that has some genetic basis. Yet what are the elements to a scenario that can explain such a transition? In this book, experts from linguistics, neurology and neurobiology, cognitive psychology, ecology and evolutionary biology, and computer modeling address this question. Unlike most previous work on the evolution of language, Biological Foundations and Origin of Syntax follows through on a growing consensus among researchers that language can be profitably separated into a number of related and interacting but largely autonomous functions, each of which may have a distinguishable evolutionary history and neurological base. The contributors argue that syntax is such a function.The book describes the current state of research on syntax in different fields, with special emphasis on areas in which the findings of particular disciplines might shed light on problems faced by other disciplines. It defines areas where consensus has been established with regard to the nature, infrastructure, and evolution of the syntax of natural languages; summarizes and evaluates contrasting approaches in areas that remain controversial; and suggests lines for future research to resolve at least some of these disputed issues.
Contributors
Andrea Baronchelli, Derek Bickerton, Dorothy V. M. Bishop, Denis Bouchard, Robert Boyd, Jens Brauer, Ted Briscoe, David Caplan, Nick Chater, Morten H. Christiansen, Terrence W.Deacon, Francesco d'Errico, Anna Fedor, Julia Fischer, Angela D. Friederici, Tom Givon, Thomas Griffiths, Balazs Gulyas, Peter Hagoort, Austin Hilliard, James R. Hurford, Peter Ittzes, Gerhard Jager, Herbert Jager, Edith Kaan, Simon Kirby, Natalia L. Komarova, Tatjana Nazir, Frederick Newmeyer, Kazuo Okanoya, Csaba Pleh, Peter J. Richerson, Luigi Rizzi, Wolf Singer, Mark Steedman, Luc Steels, Szabolcs Szamado, Eoers Szathmary, Maggie Tallerman, Jochen Triesch, Stephanie Ann White
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