title: Biology, environment, and culture: From animal communication to human language and cognition
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metadata.value: Chernigovskaya, Tatiana V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-05-26T11:26:31Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-05-26T11:26:31Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Chernigovskaya T. V. Biology, environment, and culture: From animal communication to human language and cognition. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2020, vol. 36, issue 1, pp. 157–170.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2020.113
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17858
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Contradictions in interpreting data from different scientific domains exploring anthopogenesis
  and language evolution will remain unsolved without a convergent approach and mutually
  acceptable multidisciplinary language. The article addresses the question of specific features of
  mental functions and language in humans as compared to other species. The main hypotheses
  of human evolution and their language are discussed. Cognitive capacities of animals and
  their communication signals are addressed, as are the basic principles of brain functions and
  bio-evolutionary mechanisms that underlie the complexity of human behavior and language
  evolution. Human language is a species’ specific brain ability, promoting not only complex
  communication signals, but also mentality itself. Language has basic universal rules, possibly
  caused by brain networks per se. It is hierarchically organized within the levels of lexicon,
  grammar (morphology, syntax, semantics and phonology) and pragmatics. The functions and
  their brain mechanisms are currently discussed either within the localizationistic modular
  approach, or within holistic views. The main discussions are between scholars exploring
  universal inborn grammar, and those preferring connectionism based on neuronal net learning,
  frequency factors, etc. One of the features of language in contrast to other communication
  systems is its principal ambiguity on many linguistic levels, context being a crucial aspect.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The study was funded by RFBR according to the research project No. 18-00-0646 (18-00-00640).
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 36; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: evolution of language and mind
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: communication systems in animals
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: human origin and evolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: information processing under ambiguity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Biology, environment, and culture: From animal communication to human language and cognition
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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