The Resource Lingua ex machina : reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain, William H. Calvin, Derek Bickerton
Lingua ex machina : reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain, William H. Calvin, Derek Bickerton
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- Summary
- "A proper lingua ex machina would be a language machine capable of nesting phrases and clauses inside one another, complete with evolutionary pedigree. Such circuitry for structured thought might also facilitate creative shaping up of quality (figuring out what to do with the leftovers in the refrigerator), contingency planning, procedural games, logic, and even music. And enhancing structural thought might give intelligence a big boost. Solve the cerebral circuitry for syntax, and you might solve them all." "William Calvin and Derek Bickerton offer three ways for getting from ape behaviors to syntax. They focus on the transition from simple word association in short sentences (proto-language) to longer recursively structural sentences (requiring syntax). They are after invention via sidesteps (Darwinian conversions of function), not straight-line gradual improvements."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Note
- "A Bradford book."
- Contents
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- The Villa Serbelloni
- What are words?
- Why putting words together isn't easy
- Bigger than a word, smaller than a sentence
- Language in the brain
- How are memories stored?
- Hexagonal mosaics and Darwin machines
- A common code: the brain's "Esperanto" problem
- Protolanguage emerging
- Reciprocal altruism as the predecessor of argument structure
- Role links for words
- The word tree as a secondary use of throwing's segmented movement planner
- Corticocortical coherence promotes a many-voiced symphonic sentence
- The pump and the slingshot
- Darwin and Chomsky together at last
- Isbn
- 9780262032735
- Label
- Lingua ex machina : reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain
- Title
- Lingua ex machina
- Title remainder
- reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain
- Statement of responsibility
- William H. Calvin, Derek Bickerton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A proper lingua ex machina would be a language machine capable of nesting phrases and clauses inside one another, complete with evolutionary pedigree. Such circuitry for structured thought might also facilitate creative shaping up of quality (figuring out what to do with the leftovers in the refrigerator), contingency planning, procedural games, logic, and even music. And enhancing structural thought might give intelligence a big boost. Solve the cerebral circuitry for syntax, and you might solve them all." "William Calvin and Derek Bickerton offer three ways for getting from ape behaviors to syntax. They focus on the transition from simple word association in short sentences (proto-language) to longer recursively structural sentences (requiring syntax). They are after invention via sidesteps (Darwinian conversions of function), not straight-line gradual improvements."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Calvin, William H.
- Dewey number
- 612.8/2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QP399
- LC item number
- .C35 2000
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Bickerton, Derek
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chomsky, Noam
- Darwin, Charles
- Brain
- Neurolinguistics
- Brain
- Language Development
- Neurophysiology
- Psycholinguistics
- Label
- Lingua ex machina : reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain, William H. Calvin, Derek Bickerton
- Note
- "A Bradford book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-280) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Villa Serbelloni -- What are words? -- Why putting words together isn't easy -- Bigger than a word, smaller than a sentence -- Language in the brain -- How are memories stored? -- Hexagonal mosaics and Darwin machines -- A common code: the brain's "Esperanto" problem -- Protolanguage emerging -- Reciprocal altruism as the predecessor of argument structure -- Role links for words -- The word tree as a secondary use of throwing's segmented movement planner -- Corticocortical coherence promotes a many-voiced symphonic sentence -- The pump and the slingshot -- Darwin and Chomsky together at last
- Control code
- 41580447
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262032735
- Isbn Type
- (hc. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99033464
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Lingua ex machina : reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain, William H. Calvin, Derek Bickerton
- Note
- "A Bradford book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-280) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Villa Serbelloni -- What are words? -- Why putting words together isn't easy -- Bigger than a word, smaller than a sentence -- Language in the brain -- How are memories stored? -- Hexagonal mosaics and Darwin machines -- A common code: the brain's "Esperanto" problem -- Protolanguage emerging -- Reciprocal altruism as the predecessor of argument structure -- Role links for words -- The word tree as a secondary use of throwing's segmented movement planner -- Corticocortical coherence promotes a many-voiced symphonic sentence -- The pump and the slingshot -- Darwin and Chomsky together at last
- Control code
- 41580447
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262032735
- Isbn Type
- (hc. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99033464
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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