Paul Gauguin
Giorgio Bertini
Research Professor on society, culture, art, cognition, critical thinking, intelligence, creativity, neuroscience, autopoiesis, self-organization, complexity, systems, networks, rhizomes, leadership, sustainability, thinkers, futures ++
Networks
Learning Change Project
Categories
5000 Posts in this Blog
- Follow Learning Change on WordPress.com
Tag Archives: language
Does speaking a second language really improve cognition?
The idea that learning to speak two languages is good for your brain has come to be widely accepted as fact, particularly in popular media. Studies have shown that bilingual speakers of all ages outperform monolinguals on certain cognitive performance … Continue reading
Learning a local dialect instead of a global language
Modern technology has made it incredibly easy for people to connect and communicate with one another. Not only is it possible to look up the meaning of any word in a digital dictionary, but there are countless applications that can … Continue reading
Sequence Memory Constraints Give Rise to Language-Like Structure through Iterated Learning
Human language is composed of sequences of reusable elements. The origins of the sequential structure of language is a hotly debated topic in evolutionary linguistics. In this paper, we show that sets of sequences with language-like statistical properties can emerge … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Linguistic
Tagged evolution, language, linguistic
Comments Off on Sequence Memory Constraints Give Rise to Language-Like Structure through Iterated Learning
The Emergence of Complexity in Language: An Evolutionary Perspective
Like an increasing number of linguists and other scholars especially interested in the evolution and/or the ontogenetic development of language, the author claims that languages are complex adaptive systems (CAS). These have been characterized as reflecting complex dynamics of interactive … Continue reading
Posted in Complex adaptive systems, Complexity, Emergence, Evolution, Evolutionary complexity, Language
Tagged complex adaptive systems, complexity, emergence, evolution, Evolutionary complexity, language
Comments Off on The Emergence of Complexity in Language: An Evolutionary Perspective
Technology’s Role as an Evolutionary Bridge
If we accept language as the basis of our experience, – that is it acts in the linguistic domain that mediates experience at the autopoieitic boundary (autonomy-dependency paradox) – then we may define technology as the mechanism by which that … Continue reading
Language diversity and risks
Humans are the only species on the planet whose communication system exhibits enormous diversity. And linguistic diversity is crucial for understanding our capacity for language. There are over 7,000 languages spoken in the world today. These languages exhibit enormous diversity, … Continue reading
The Cradle of Language
This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Scholars from around the world address the fossil, genetic, … Continue reading
Posted in Emergence, Evolution, Humans, Language, Language diversity, Linguistic
Tagged emergence, evolution, humans, language, language diversity, linguistic
Leave a comment
The Evolutionary Emergence of Language
Language has no counterpart in the animal world. Unique to Homo sapiens, it appears inseparable from human nature. But how, when and why did it emerge? The contributors to this volume – linguists, anthropologists, cognitive scientists, and others – adopt … Continue reading
Posted in Emergence, Evolution, Language, Language diversity, Linguistic
Tagged emergence, evolution, language, language diversity, linguistic
Comments Off on The Evolutionary Emergence of Language
Socialization through Language and Interaction
Socialization is the process whereby novices gain knowledge and skills relevant to membership in a social group. This process is realized largely through language practices and social interactions that engage novices in a variety of communicative and situational roles. The … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Social interaction, Socialization
Tagged language, social interaction, socialization
Leave a comment
Emociones y Lenguaje en Educación y Política
Humberto Maturana. Me han pedido responder a una pregunta: ¿la educación actual sirve a Chile y a su juventud?, y en caso de respuesta afirmativa, ¿para qué o para quién? Al mismo tiempo, me han pedido que considere esto desde … Continue reading
