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Book reviews Artif Intell Rev (2006) 25:329–340 DOI 10.1007/s10462-007-9062-1 Anita Greenhill · Liam Maguire · Seán Ó Nualláin · Maeve Paris Published online: 29 November 2007 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 Maggie Tallerman (Ed.): Language origins: perspectives on evolution (Studies in the evolution of language). Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2005, 448 pp, H/b US $125.00, S/b US $45.00 Maeve Paris Language Origins is the fourth in a series of studies in the evolution of language, offer- ing a cross-section of work based on papers originally presented at the fourth International Conference on the Evolution of Language at Harvard University in 2002. It is a substantial volume aimed at a broad readership: seventeen chapters are assembled into four themes dealing with the evolution of speech and speech sounds; the evolution of grammar; anal- ogous and homologous traits in other species; and learnability and diversity. This choice of themes is an indication of the multidisciplinary nature of research into the origins and evolution of language, and the contributors are drawn from many fields including linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, biology, and computer science. The text as a whole is intended to present a cross-disciplinary perspective on what the editor considers to be a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Artificial Intelligence Review Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Subject
Computer Science; Complexity; Computer Science, general ; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
ISSN
0269-2821
eISSN
1573-7462
DOI
10.1007/s10462-007-9062-1
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Artif Intell Rev (2006) 25:329–340 DOI 10.1007/s10462-007-9062-1 Anita Greenhill · Liam Maguire · Seán Ó Nualláin · Maeve Paris Published online: 29 November 2007 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 Maggie Tallerman (Ed.): Language origins: perspectives on evolution (Studies in the evolution of language). Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2005, 448 pp, H/b US $125.00, S/b US $45.00 Maeve Paris Language Origins is the fourth in a series of studies in the evolution of language, offer- ing a cross-section of work based on papers originally presented at the fourth International Conference on the Evolution of Language at Harvard University in 2002. It is a substantial volume aimed at a broad readership: seventeen chapters are assembled into four themes dealing with the evolution of speech and speech sounds; the evolution of grammar; anal- ogous and homologous traits in other species; and learnability and diversity. This choice of themes is an indication of the multidisciplinary nature of research into the origins and evolution of language, and the contributors are drawn from many fields including linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, biology, and computer science. The text as a whole is intended to present a cross-disciplinary perspective on what the editor considers to be a

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Published: Nov 29, 2007

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