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Language Acquisition, Change and Emergence:Essays in Evolutionary Linguistics
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出版日期
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2005
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PDF
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9789629371111
- Foreword─William S-Y. Wang
- 1. Introduction─James W. Minett
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Part 1 — Language Emergence
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2. Speech and Language —A Human Trait Defined by Molecular Genetics─King L. Chow
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Language as a unique human trait
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Further implication of genes in the acquisition of language
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The “KE” family
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Is there a hardwired structure for language?
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Mapping of the language gene
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The breakpoint in CS and BRD
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Positional cloning of the FOXP2
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Does FOXP2 offer insight into human evolution?
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What is the role of FOXP2?
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Are there more language genes?
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3. Conceptual Complexity and the Brain:Understanding Language Origins─P. Thomas Schoenemann
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Introduction
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How evolution works
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Evidence for continuity
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Syntax and grammar in natural languages
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Grammar and syntax as emergent characteristics of semantic/conceptual complexity
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Conclusions
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4. The Emergence of Grammar from Perspective─Brian MacWhinney
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Empirical demonstrations
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Depictive and enactive modes
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Direct experience
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Space and time
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Plans
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Perspective and language acquisition
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Conclusion
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5. Polygenesis of Linguistic Strategies:A Scenario for the Emergence of Languages─Christophe Coupé & Jean-Marie Hombert
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The origin of languages
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Mathematical models and computer simulations
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Discussion
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Conclusion
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Part 2 — Language Acquisition
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6. Multiple-cue Integration in Language Acquisition:A Connectionist Model of Speech Segmentation and Rule-like Behavior─Morten H. Christiansen, Christopher M. Conway & Suzanne Curtin
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Introduction
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The segmentation problem
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A computational model of multiple-cue integration in speech segmentation
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Simulation 1: A multiple-cue integration account of rule-like behavior
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Simulation 2: The role of segmentation in rule-like behavior
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Experiment 1:Replicating the Marcus et al. (1999) results
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Experiment 2:Segmentation and rule-like behavior
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General discussion
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Conclusion
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7. Unsupervised Lexical Learning as Inductive Inference via Compression─Chunyu Kit
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Introduction
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Goodness measure
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Algorithm
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Learning model
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Testing data and learning results
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Evaluation
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Discussion
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Conclusions
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8. The Origin of Linguistic Irregularity─Charles D. Yang
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The challenge of imperfection
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The reality of phonological rules
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The computation of rules
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The evolution of rules
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Interface conditions and language evolution
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