Self-Organization in the Evolution of Speech

Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2006
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-928914-1 (ISBN)

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Oudeyer combines insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and linguistics to explore questions about the origins of speech. He puts forward the startling proposal that speech can be spontaneously generated by the coupling of evolutionarily simple neural structures connecting perception and production. He tests this hypothesis through a computational system and shows that the linking of auditory and vocal motor neural nets produces syntactic rules that exhibit the fundamental properties of modern human speech systems. This fascinating account will interest all those interested in the evolution of speech.

Pierre-Oudeyer is a researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris. He studies the origins and evolution of language, and is a specialist of computer modelling, including robotic systems, artificial intelligence, and developmental systems. His work on the origins of speech was awarded the French Prix Le Monde de la recherche universitaire, 2004 and the Prix ASTI in 2005. James R. Hurford is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. His books include Semantics (with B. Heasley, 1983), Grammar (1994), and as co-editor Approaches to the Evolution of Language (1998), all published by CUP.

1. The Self-Organization Revolution in Science ; 2. The Human Speech Code ; 3. Self-Organization and Evolution ; 4. Existing Theories ; 5. Artificial Systems as Research Tools for Natural Sciences ; 6. The Artificial System ; 7. Learning Perceptuo-Motor Correspondences ; 8. Strong Combinatoriality and Phonotactics ; 9. New Scenarios ; 10. Constructing for Understanding ; References ; Index

Reihe/Serie	Studies in the Evolution of Language ; 6
Übersetzer	James R. Hurford
Zusatzinfo	Numerous halftones and line drawings
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 242 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-928914-X / 019928914X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-928914-1 / 9780199289141
Zustand	Neuware