"This volume collects the refereed papers and abstracts of the 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 9), held in Kyoto on 13-16 March 2012"--Pref
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Proceedings of Evolang IX, the 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language.The Evolang conferences are the leading international conferences for 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.
目次
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 Parts in Pointing (Harumi Kobayashi and Tetsuya Yasuda)
Robustness as a Design Feature of Speech Communication (Bodo Winter and Morten H Christiansen)
The Exponent of Zipf's Law in Language Ontogeny (Jaume Baixeries, Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho and Brita Elvevag)