Language and music as cognitive systems / edited by Patrick Rebuschat ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rebuschat, Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music and language.

Music theory.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The past 15 years have witnessed an increasing interest in the comparative study of language and music as cognitive systems. This book presents an interdisciplinary study of language and music, exploring the following core areas - structural comparisons, evolution, learning and processing, and neuroscience.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Section 1 Structural comparisons; 1 Introduction; 2 Grouping in the stressing of words, in metrical verse, and in music; 3 The Fabb-Halle approach to metrical stress theory as a window on commonalities between music and language; 4 Metrical structure and the prosodic hierarchy; 5 Metre is music: a reply to Fabb and Halle; 6 Comments and a conjecture inspired by Fabb and Halle; 7 Response to commentaries; Section 2 Evolution; 8 Introduction; 9 The biology and evolution of rhythm: unravelling a paradox

10 Darwin's musical protolanguage: an increasingly compelling picture11 The significance of stones and bones: understanding the biology and evolution of rhythm requires attention to the archaeological and fossil record; 12 A grand gesture: vocal and corporeal control in melody, rhythm, and emotion; 13 An ethnomusicological perspective on animal 'music' and human music: the paradox of 'the paradox of rhythm'; 14 Reweaving the strands: welcoming diverse perspectives on the biology of music; Section 3 Learning and processing; 15 Introduction; 16 Musical communication as alignment of brain states

17 Communicating structure, affect, and movement18 Computer models of (music) cognition; 19 Alignment in language and music; 20 Alignment of brain states: response to commentaries; Section 4 Neuroscience; 21 Introduction; 22 Language, music, and the brain: a resource-sharing framework; 23 Response to target article 'Language, music, and the brain: a resource-sharing framework'; 24 Advances in neuroimaging techniques: implications for the shared syntactic integration resource hypothesis; 25 Schemas, not syntax: a reply to Patel

26 Advancing the comparative study of linguistic and musical syntactic processing27 Music, language, and modularity in action; 28 Human subcortical auditory function provides a new conceptual framework for considering modularity; 29 What remains of modularity?; 30 Language, music, and children's brains: a rhythmic timing perspective on language and music as cognitive systems; 31 Towards the role of working memory in pitch processing in language and music; 32 Modularity in music relative to speech: framing the debate; Section 5 Conclusion; 33 Music as a social and cognitive process; Index; A

BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613895011

1-283-58256-2

0-19-162549-3

OCLC:

809032401