The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (EVOLANG 10)
Language: English
Published by World Scientific, 2014
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: killarneybooks, Inagh, Clare, Irelandkillarneybooks
AbeBooks seller since April 20, 2017
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 39.66
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Hardcover, xx + 570 pages, NOT ex-library. Minor wear, book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Issued without a dust jacket. Weight 970g. -- This volume comprises refereed papers & abstracts of the 10th International Conference on the Evolution of Language EVOLANGX 2014. As the leading international conference in the field, the biennial EVOLANG meeting brings together researchers from many subject areas, including anthropology, archaeology, biology, cognitive science, computer science, genetics, linguistics, neuroscience, palaeontology, primatology and psychology. - Contents: Perspectives on EVOLANG: Evolution; Papers: - Diachronic processes in language as signaling under conflicting interests; Syntactic development in phenotypic space; Finding the underpinnings: last quarter century; Strategies for the emergence of first-order phrase structure; What were we talking about? Exchanging social models as a route to language; Why might SOV be initially preferred and then lost or recovered? A theoretical framework; Linguistic animals: Understanding language through a comparative approach; Creative compositionality from reinforcement learning in signaling games; Overlapping & synchronization in the song of Indris (Indri indri); Matter of perspective: Viewpoint phenomena in evolution of grammar; Constructionist approach to the evolution of morphological complexity; Language evolved for storytelling in a super-fast evolution; What iconicity can & cannot do for proto-Language; Did language evolve incommunicado?; Hunter-gatherer egalitarianism enabled grammar to evolve; Grasping compositional patterns in an artificial language by Chinese participants; Emergence of compound signals; Modality switch in human language evolution; Broadcasting to the enemy: Deception as a solution in evolution of language; Recursion is not language domain-specific: Interim results of a research program; On the emergence of bilingualism in a communication "ALL" task as a result of competition between social conformism & language simplification; Establishing a communication system: Miscommunication drives abstraction; On reliability of unreliable information: Gossip as cultural memory; Homo praedicans; Phonatory culture hypothesis; Evolution of tense & aspect; Orofacial gestures in language evolution: Auditory feedback hypothesis; Iconicity & ape gesture; Iterative vocal charades: Emergence of conventions in vocal communication; Constructions, construal & cooperation in the evolution of language; Female philopatry & egalitarianism as conditions for the emergence of intersubjectivity; Role of coordination in regularization; Psychology of biological clocks: A new framework for the evolution of rhythm; Paradox of linguistic complexity & community size; Social interaction influences the evolution of cognitive biases for language; Understanding linguistic structure & evolution of web search queries; Role of iconicity in evolution of linguistic structure; Linearisation of adjectives: Grammatical face of perceptual/conceptual biases?; Supporting evidence for language polygenesis from Neanderthal-Human interbreeding; Language emergence in the laboratory: A method suitable to dynamical systems analysis; Is the syntax rubicon more of a mirage?; Symbol extension & meaning generation in cultural evolution for displaced communication; Fitness landscapes in cultural language evolution: A case study on German definite articles; Social word learning strategies in different cultures; Mental synthesis theory: Dual origin of human language; Cognitive factors motivating the evolution of word meanings: Evidence from corpora, behavioral data & encyclopedic network structure; Magic number 4: Evolutionary pressures on semantic frame structure; -- 98 Abstracts (pp 369-566, each 2 pages long, English language).…
Seller Inventory # 005607
- Title
- The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (EVOLANG 10)
- Author
- Erica A. Cartmill; Seán Roberts; Heidi Lyn; Hannah Cornish
- Publisher
- World Scientific
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9814603627
- ISBN 13
- 9789814603621
- Edition
- 1st Edition
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Back Cover
For this 10th conference, the proceedings will include a special perspectives section featuring prominent researchers reflecting on the history of the conference and its impact on the field of language evolution since the inaugural EVOLANG conference in 1996.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
killarneybooks
Inagh, Clare, Ireland
AbeBooks seller since April 20, 2017
Shipping rates from Ireland to U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 7 business days | 2 to 4 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 29.48 | £ 32.15 |
Payment methods
- Bank Wire Transfer
- Paypal
Store description
All U.S.-bound orders are now shipped with UPS for reliable delivery. Additional customs or import fees are highly unlikely; however, please note buyers remain responsible for any duties or taxes that U.S. Customs may assess. -- Killarneybooks is a family-run bookshop based in the Republic of Ireland. We take pride in accurate listings, careful packaging, and prompt service - most orders ship within 24 hours. All books listed are in stock and ready for immediate dispatch - we are not dropshippers. Inquiries always welcome.…
Specialty
professional, academic, non-fictionSeller's business information
killarneybooks
Ireland
Terms of sale
Business Name: killarneybooks
Business Type: Sole Trader
Trade Register Number: 1976607T (not VAT-registered)
Business Address: Ballynoe, Inagh, Co. Clare
Customer Service representative: Ada Boosey
Phone: 00353 857512674
Email: killarneybookseu@yahoo.com
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to killarneybooks, Inagh, Clare, Ireland, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
TNT / FedEX express available on request. Please contact us for more details. Thank you.