Music, Language, and the Brain

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