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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Evolution of language"”.
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Idioma com a veu: Teacher perspectives on language policy in Catalonia
This qualitative study explores the dimensions of language learning and identity development through the eyes of language teachers in the Catalonia region of Spain. Three interviews with teachers from the greater Barcelona area as well as the Tarragona province are of primary focus to this …
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Evolutionary Models of Language: A Methodological and Philosophical Study
… applies models borrowed from game theory to the evolution of language and the emergence of meaning. To justify the use of such models, I begin in Chapter 1: Quantitative Methods in Philosophy by examining the prevalence of modeling techniques and other quantitative methods in philosophy. I then …
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Eine vergleichende Studie zur zerebralen Repräsentation des Spiegelneuronensystems und der Deutschen Gebärdensprache bei Normalprobanden sowie Gehörlosen
… observation, motor learning, and imitation of action. Furthermore it is hypothesized that the mirror neuron system plays a key role during the evolution of language and provides the necessary link between manual gestures as an early step in communication preceding vocalization. This theory …
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La théorie du langage et l'art d'écrire chez Condillac
<p>The dissertation aims at studying the theory of language in Condillac’s work. Taking into account that Condillac approaches the problem of language from a grammatical, an aesthetic and a metaphysical viewpoint, the dissertation is divided into three main parts.</p> <p>The first part, which …
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Rock, Paper, Aliens: Effects of Labels and Iconicity on Non-Linguistic Cognition
… role in linguistic processing and even aspects of non-linguistic cognition. Labels have been found to augment cognitive functions such as categorisation, and visual discrimination and detection; possibly by providing abstracted and categorical sensory predictions which modulate ongoing …