Music, Language, and the Brain

Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Sound Elements: Pitch and Timbre
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Musical Sound Systems
• 2.3 Linguistic Sound Systems
• 2.4 Sound Category Learning as a Key Link
• 2.5 Conclusion
• Appendixes
• 3 Rhythm
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Rhythm in Music
• 3.3 Rhythm in Speech
• 3.4 Interlude: Rhythm in Poetry and Song
• 3.5 Non-Periodic Aspects of Rhythm as a Key Link
• 3.6 Conclusion
• Appendixes
• 4 Melody
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Melody in Music: Comparisons to Speech
• 4.3 Speech Melody: Links to Music
• 4.4 Interlude: Musical and Linguistic Melody in Song
• 4.5 Melodic Statistics and Melodic Contour as Key Links
• 4.6 Conclusion
• Appendix
• 5 Syntax
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 The Structural Richness of Musical Syntax
• 5.3 Formal Differences and Similarities between Musical and Linguistic Syntax
• 5.4 Neural Resources for Syntactic Integration as a Key Link
• 5.5 Conclusion
• 6 Meaning
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 A Brief Taxonomy of Musical Meaning
• 6.3 Linguistic Meaning in Relation to Music
• 6.4 Interlude: Linguistic and Musical Meaning in Song
• 6.5 The Expression and Appraisal of Emotion as a Key Link
• 6.6 Conclusion
• 7 Evolution
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Language and Natural Selection
• 7.3 Music and Natural Selection
• 7.4 Music and Evolution: Neither Adaptation nor Frill
• 7.5 Beat-Based Rhythm Processing as a Key Research Area
• 7.6 Conclusion
• Appendix
• Afterword
• References
• List of Sound Examples
• Lis of Credits
• Author Index
• Subject Index