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Proceedings of Evolang IX, the 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language.The Evolang conferences are the leading international conferences for new findings in the study of the origins and evolution of language. They attract a multidisciplinary audience. The proceedings are an important resource for researchers in the field.

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Evolutionary Parallels between Language and Tool Use (Michael A Arbib); Cortico - Cortical and Cortico - Cerebellar Computations in Language Change (Giorgos P Argyropoulos); The Case for Neanderthal Language - How Strong is It? (Sverker Johansson); Meanings of Touching Object Parts in Pointing (Harumi Kobayashi and Tetsuya Yasuda); Robustness as a Design Feature of Speech Communication (Bodo Winter and Morten H Christiansen); The Exponent of Zipf's Law in Language Ontogeny (Jaume Baixeries, Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho and Brita Elvevag); and other papers.

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    Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
    Publication Date: 01/03/2012
    ISBN13: 9789814401494, 978-9814401494
    ISBN10: 9814401498
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Proceedings of Evolang IX, the 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language.The Evolang conferences are the leading international conferences for new findings in the study of the origins and evolution of language. They attract a multidisciplinary audience. The proceedings are an important resource for researchers in the field.

    Table of Contents
    Evolutionary Parallels between Language and Tool Use (Michael A Arbib); Cortico - Cortical and Cortico - Cerebellar Computations in Language Change (Giorgos P Argyropoulos); The Case for Neanderthal Language - How Strong is It? (Sverker Johansson); Meanings of Touching Object Parts in Pointing (Harumi Kobayashi and Tetsuya Yasuda); Robustness as a Design Feature of Speech Communication (Bodo Winter and Morten H Christiansen); The Exponent of Zipf's Law in Language Ontogeny (Jaume Baixeries, Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho and Brita Elvevag); and other papers.

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