Birdsong, Speech, and Language : Exploring the Evolution of Mind and Brain.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: A Bird's-Eye View of Human Language and Evolution -- Preface -- I Introduction -- 1 The Design Principles of Natural Language -- 2 Evolution, Memory, and the Nature of Syntactic Representation -- 3 Convergence and Deep Homology in the Evolution of Spoken Language -- 4 Evolution of Brain Pathways for Vocal Learning in Birds and Humans -- II Acquisition of Birdsong and Speech -- 5 Behavioral Similarities between Birdsong and Spoken Language -- 6 Parametric Variation: Language and Birdsong -- 7 Vocal Culture in Songbirds: An Experimental Approach to Cultural Evolution -- 8 Acquisition of Linguistic Categories: Cross-Domain Convergences -- III Phonology and Syntax -- 9 Structure in Human Phonology and in Birdsong: A Phonologist's Perspective -- 10 Recursivity of Language: What Can Birds Tell Us about It? -- 11 Finite-State Song Syntax in Bengalese Finches: Sensorimotor Evidence, Developmental Processes, and Formal Procedures for Syntax Extraction -- 12 Analyzing the Structure of Bird Vocalizations and Language: Finding Common Ground -- 13 Phonological Awareness in Grey Parrots: Creation of New Labels from Existing Vocalizations -- IV Neurobiology of Song and Speech -- 14 The Neural Basis of Links and Dissociations between Speech Perception and Production -- 15 Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Learning and Memory in Songbirds and Mammals -- 16 Age Effects in Language Acquisition and Attrition -- 17 A "Birdsong Perspective" on Human Speech Production -- 18 Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Generation of Birdsong: A Modular Sequential Behavior -- 19 Auditory-Vocal Mirror Neurons for Learned Vocal Communication -- 20 Peripheral Mechanisms of Vocalization in Birds: A Comparison with Human Speech -- V Genes, Song, Speech, and Language -- 21 Building Bridges between Genes, Brains, and Language -- 22 A Bird's-Eye View of FoxP2.

23 Genetic Basis of Language: Insights from Developmental Dyslexia -- VI Evolution of Song, Speech, and Language -- 24 Musical Protolanguage: Darwin's Theory of Language Evolution Revisited -- 25 Birdsong as a Model for Studying Factors and Mechanisms Affecting Signal Evolution -- 26 Evolution of Vocal Communication: An Avian Model -- List of Contributors -- Index.

Prominent scholars consider the cognitive and neural similarities between birdsong and human speech and language.

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