The Nature of Language Evolution, Paradigms and Circuits
The book The Nature of Language addresses one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: how did language evolve, and what are the neurobiological and cognitive foundations of language processing? This monograph explores these questions from different
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Dieter Hillert
The Nature of Language Evolution, Paradigms and Circuits
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Dieter Hillert San Diego School of Medicine University of California La Jolla California USA
ISBN 978-1-4939-0608-6 ISBN 978-1-4939-0609-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-0609-3 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014936045 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express, or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To my parents, Charlotte Hillert, née Holland-Cunz Guido H. J. Hillert
Preface
As an undergraduate student, I studied biology and philosophy at the University of Mainz and felt drawn to topics that relate cognitive phenomena to biological mechanisms. I felt as of today particularly inspired by the work of Derek Bickerton, Noam Chomsky, Charles Darwin, Hoimar von Ditfurth, Paul Feyerabend, Jerry Fodor, Eric Lenneberg, Karl Popper, and William van O. Quine. After graduate studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt and RWTH Aachen University, I published my first book in German entitled Mental Representations of Word Meanings. Subsequently, I worked as post-doc at the Centre Paul Broca in Paris and EHESS and in Massachusetts at Boston University and MIT. Just before the reunification in Germany, I published my second German
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