Subject: Book announcement (paperback) From: Aniruddh Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:38:43 -0700 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Music, Language, and the Brain (2008, Oxford Univ. Press) is now available in paperback. Thanks to Oxford Univ. Press, a 20% discount is available at the OUP-USA website (using sales promo code 28822) and at the OUP-UK website (using promotion code ampromo10). Aimed at researchers, the book explores the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience. It is meant to be accessible to scholars from a range of disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics, music theory, and ethnomusicology. List of chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Sound Elements: Pitch and Timbre 3. Rhythm 4. Melody 5. Syntax 6. Meaning 7. Evolution NB: for those with a special interest in evolution, an updated essay is here: http://vesicle.nsi.edu/users/patel/Patel_2010_music_evolution.pdf Sound examples for the book are here: http://www.oup.com/us/patel Regards, Ani Patel Aniruddh D. Patel, Ph.D. Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow The Neurosciences Institute 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive San Diego, CA 92121 http://www.nsi.edu/users/patel