Music, language, and the brain / Aniruddh D. Patel.
| Author/creator |
Patel, Aniruddh D. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
| Description | xi, 513 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Sound elements: pitch and timbre. Musical sound systems ; Linguistic sound systems ; Sound category learning as a key link -- Rhythm. Rhythm in music ; Rhythm in speech ; Interlude: rhythm in poetry and song ; Nonperiodic aspects of rhythm as a key link -- Melody. Melody in music: comparisons to speech ; Speech melody: links to music ; Interlude: musical and linguistic melody in song ; Melodic statistics and melodic contour as key links -- Syntax. The structural richness of musical syntax ; Formal differences and similarities between musical and linguistic syntax ; Neural resources for syntactic integration as a key link -- Meaning. A brief taxonomy of musical meaning ; Linguistic meaning in relation to music ; Interlude: linguistic and musical meaning in song ; The expression and appraisal of emotion as a key link -- Evolution. Language and natural selection ; Music and natural selection ; Music and evolution: neither adaptation nor frill ; Beat-based rhythm processing as a key research area. |
| Abstract | In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, the author challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one way to explore the extent to which different mental abilities are processed by separate brain mechanisms. Accordingly, the relevant data and theories have been spread across a range of disciplines. This book provides the first synthesis, arguing that music and language share deep and critical connections, and that comparative research provides a powerful way to study the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying these uniquely human abilities. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-485) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2007014189 |
| ISBN | 9780195123753 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195123751 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3830 .P33 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WL 300 P295M 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |