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Contributions by 23 specialists in the behaviour and brain of humans, including comperative studies in child development and nonhuman primates, in aphasiology and robotics.

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Author:   Christian Abry (Université Stendhal Grenoble III) ,  Anne Vilain (Université Stendhal Grenoble III) ,  Jean-Luc Schwartz (Université Stendhal Grenoble III)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   13
Weight:   0.730kg
ISBN:  

9789027222435

ISBN 10:   9027222436
Pages:   311
Publication Date:   20 May 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Foreword: Vocalize to Localize: How to Frame a Framework for two Frames? (by Abry, Christian); 2. Introduction: Vocalize to Localize? A call for better crosstalk between auditory and visual communication systems researchers (by Abry, Christian); 3. Vocalize to Localize: A test on functionally referential alarm calls (by Manser, Marta B.); 4. Mirror neurons, gestures and language evolution (by Fogassi, Leonardo); 5. Lateralization of communicative signals in nonhuman primates and the hypothesis of the gestural origin of language (by Vauclair, Jacques); 6. Manual deixis in apes and humans (by Leavens, David A.); 7. Neandertal vocal tract: Which potential for vowel acoustics? (by Boe, Louis-Jean); 8. Interweaving protosign and protospeech: Further developments beyond the mirror (by Arbib, Michael A.); 9. The Frame/Content theory of evolution of speech: A comparison with a gestural-origins alternative (by MacNeilage, Peter F.); 10. Intentional communication and the anterior cingulate cortex (by Benga, Oana); 11. Gestural-vocal deixis and representational skills in early language development (by Antinoro Pizzuto, Elena); 12. Building a talking baby robot: A contribution to the study of speech acquisition and evolution (by Serkhane, Jihene); 13. Aspects of descriptive, referential and information structure in phrasal semantics: A contruction-based model (by Dominey, Peter F.); 14. First in, last out? The evolution of aphasic lexical speech automatisms to agrammatism and the evolution of human communication (by Code, Chris); 15. Name index; 16. Subject index

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