Self-Organization in the Evolution of Speech

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-928914-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: Studies in the Evolution of Language

The first book to present a detailed computational model of the origins of complex speech sounds
- Unites insights from evolution, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and speech science
- Presents an original view of the interactions between self-organization and natural selection

- Written in an accessible way with minimum recourse to jargon

Contents
- 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

Zielgruppe

Students of language evolution at graduate level and above, including linguists, phoneticians, biologists, psychologists, archaeologists, anthropologists, ethologists, neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, specialists in artificial intelligence, and computer scientists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oudeyer, Pierre-Yves

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hurford, James R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Über Autor(innen)

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.