COM.on C.A.5:e43/263-272   Online published on Dec.15, 2011.
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A Brief Survey of Multidisciplinary Approaches in Evolutionary Linguistics

Tao Gong1, Lan Shuai2, Umberto Ansaldo1

1.Department of Linguistics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong; 2.Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Abstract: We briefly review several research approaches from a variety of disciplines that could contribute to evolutionary linguistics. These disciplines include anthropology and archaeology, animal behaviors, genetics, neuroscience, and computer simulation and behavioral experiments. Apart from language, they also examine language users, nonhuman primates and other animals, human cultures and brains. All these aspects could cast their influences on language evolution. Together with a summary of recent contributions in these disciplines, we discuss how these multidisciplinary approaches yield important insights on our comprehensive understanding of language and its evolution.

Key words: Evolutionary linguistics, FOXP2, mirror neurons, neuroimaging, computer simulation

Recieved:  Sep.18, 2011   Accepted: Nov.30, 2011  Corresponding: tgong@hku.hk


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演化语言学跨学科方法概述

龚涛1,帅兰2,昂贝托•安萨多1

1.香港大学语言学系 香港港岛薄扶林路;2.香港城市大学中文翻译及语言学系 香港九龙 达之路83号

摘要:本文介绍来自其他学科的、对演化语言学有所贡献的一些研究方法。这些学科包括:人类学和考古学、动物行为学、基因学、脑科学,及计算机模拟和行为实验。除语言外,这些学科还关注语言使用者、非人灵长类和其他动物、人类大脑以及文化。所有这些因素都可能对语言演化施加影响。通过简要总结这些学科的一些最新成果,作者探讨了跨学科研究如何为全面了解语言及其演化提供重要见解。

关键词演化语言学;FOXP2基因;镜像神经元;脑成像;计算机模拟

 

收稿日期:2011年9月18日  修回日期:2011年11月30日 联系人:龚涛 tgong@hku.hk



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