"How can infinite language be generated from a finite mind? How could language have evolved from apes? How could apes have evolved from protozoa? How could protozoa have evolved from rocks? In a highly readable series of thought experiments, the first half of How the Brain Evolv…
A landmark in linguistics and cognitive science, this volume proposes a new holistic theory of the relation between the sounds, structure, and meaning of language and their relation to mind and brain.
"This book provides a current and interdisciplinary overview of work on the biology of language - what is sometimes called the "biolinguistic approach." A wide range of areas are investigated and reviewed by specialists: the micro-parametric theory of syntax, models of language …
Jenkins has succeeded in putting together a terrific volume. Some of the most creative minds in the fields tackle questions of utmost importance in biolinguistics. The clarity with which these essays are written and the insights expressed in them are sure to provide solid founda…
This book, by leading scholars, represents some of the main work in progress in biolinguistics. It offers fresh perspectives on language evolution and variation, new developments in theoretical linguistics, and insights on the relations between variation in language and variatio…
The present volume offers a collection of essays covering a broad range of areas where currently a rapprochement between linguistics and biology is actively being sought. Following a certain tradition, we call this attempt at a synthesis biolinguistics. The nine chapters (groupe…
This is the second of two volumes - the first volume being Waltraud Brennenstuhl's Control and Ability (P & B III:4) - treating biocybernetical questions of language. This book starts out from an investigation of the (neuro- )biological relevancy of natural language from the poi…
