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22. Neural Substrates for String-Context Mutual Segmentation: A Path to Human Language

verfasst von : Kazuo Okanoya, Bjorn Merker

Erschienen in: Emergence of Communication and Language

Verlag: Springer London

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Abstract

Linguistic structures are products of biological prerequisites and historical processes. Here we consider a number of neural, behavioral, and learning mechanisms that serve necessary or facilitating roles in the initiation of historical processes. We hypothesize that if mutual segmentation of strings and contexts is promoted by particular biological adaptations and ecological pressures, this could initiate a subsequent historical process of linguistic elaboration. To enable this mutual segmentation, three biological sub-faculties are indispensable: vocal learning, string segmentation, and contextual segmentation. Vocal learning enabled intentional control of vocal output via the direct connection between face motor cortex and medullary vocal nuclei.

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Vorheriges Kapitel The Natural History of Human Language: Bridging the Gaps without Magic
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Metadaten
Titel
Neural Substrates for String-Context Mutual Segmentation: A Path to Human Language
verfasst von
Kazuo Okanoya
Bjorn Merker
Copyright-Jahr
2007
Verlag
Springer London
Buch
Emergence of Communication and Language

Print ISBN: 978-1-84628-491-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-84628-779-4

Copyright-Jahr: 2007

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-779-4_22