{"product_id":"xenolinguistics-9781032399591","title":"Xenolinguistics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eXenolinguistics \u003c\/em\u003ebrings together biologists, anthropologists, linguists, and other experts specializing in language and communication to explore what non-human, non-Earthbound language might look like. The 18 chapters examine what is known about human language and animal communication systems to provide reasonable hypotheses about what we may find if we encounter non-Earth intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowcasing an interdisciplinary dialogue between a set of highly established scholars, this volume:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eClarifies what is and is not known about human language and animal communication systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents speculative arguments as a philosophical exercise to help define the boundaries of what our current science can tell us about non-speculative areas of investigation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides readers with a clearer sense of how our knowledge about language is better informed through a cross-disciplinary investigation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a better understanding of future avenues of rese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Goals of the Volume—Jeffrey Punske\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Many Ways to Say Things: What the Diversity of Animal Communication on Earth Can Tell Us About the Likely Nature of Alien Language—Arik Kershenbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Recognizing Intentional Signals and Their Meaning in Non-Human Communication—Catherine Hobaiter, Adriano R. Lameira, and Derek Ball\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Getting Out of Our Skin: What Decoding Interspecies Communication and Nonhuman Intelligence Can Tell Us About Deciphering Alien Languages—Denise L. Herzing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Communicative Resources Beyond the Verbal Tier: A View on Xenolinguistics from Interactional Linguistics—Heike Ortner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. How Studies of Communication Among Nonhumans and Between Humans and Nonhumans Can Inform SETI—Irene M. Pepperberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Patterns of Communication of Human Complex Societies as a Blueprint for Alien Communication—Anamaria Berea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Interstellar Competence: Applications of Linguistics and Communicative and Cultural Competencies to Extraterrestrial Communication—Sumayya K.R. Granger, Judd Ethan Ruggill, and Ken S. McAllister\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Why Do We Assume That We Can Decode Alien Languages?—Con Slobodchikoff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Xenolinguistic Fieldwork—Claire Bowern\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Investigating the Foundations of Meaning in a Xenolanguage—Andrew McKenzie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. A Linguistic Perspective on the Drake Equation: Knowns and Unknowns for Human Languages and Extraterrestrial Communication—Daniel Ross\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. Cognition, Sensory Input, and Linguistics : A Possible Language for Blind Aliens—Sheri Wells-Jensen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.The Design Features of Extraterrestrial Language: A Domain-General Approach—Darcy Sperlich\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. Universal Grammar—Ian Roberts, Jeffrey Watumull, and Noam Chomsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. Where Does Universal Grammar Fit in the Universe? Human Cognition and the Strong Minimalist Thesis—Bridget D. Samuels and Jeffrey Punske\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17. Learning and Adaptation of Communication Systems in Biological Life Forms—Jessie S. Nixon and Fabian Tomaschek\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18. Writing Systems and METI: Off-the-Shelf Encoding of Human Physiology, Language, Cognition, and Culture—Daniel Harbour \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019030921559,"sku":"9781032399591","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032399591.jpg?v=1750779098","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/xenolinguistics-9781032399591","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}