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Binder  Philippe M - The Language Phenomenon - 9783642360855 - V9783642360855
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The Language Phenomenon

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Description for The Language Phenomenon Hardcover. Written by experts in a range of disciplines, this book explores the topic at many scales, from the function of neurons in learning, forming and transmitting language to the long-term evolution of language itself and the birth and death of ancient tongues. Editor(s): Binder, P.-M.; Smith, K. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; JMR; PBW; PHS; PSAJ; UMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.

This volume contains a contemporary, integrated description of the processes of language. These range from fast scales (fractions of a second) to slow ones (over a million years). The contributors, all experts in their fields, address language in the brain, production of sentences and dialogues, language learning, transmission and evolutionary processes that happen over centuries or millenia, the relation between language and genes, the origins of language, self-organization, and language competition and death. The book as a whole will help to show how processes at different scales affect each other, thus presenting language as a dynamic, complex and profoundly human ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
The Frontiers Collection
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642360855
SKU
V9783642360855
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Binder Philippe M
Philippe Binder is a Professor of Physics at the University of Hawaii  at Hilo and a Faculty Fellow at the New England Complex Systems Institute. His areas of interest are chaos and complex systems, including multiscale analysis. He received his advanced training at Yale and Oxford. Like millions of people worldwide, he is trilingual. Kenny Smith is a Lecturer in the Language Evolution and ... Read more

Reviews for The Language Phenomenon
From the reviews: “The Language Phenomenon: Human Communication From Milliseconds to Millennia … aims to present ‘topics in a manner accessible also to scientifically literate non-specialists wishing to gain insight into’ areas with which they may not be familiar. … the psychologist who wishes to broaden his or her perspective beyond psycholinguistics will find much food for thought in ... Read more

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