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1 online resource (258 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Linguistik Aktuell = Linguistics Today ;
volume 235
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 235.
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Biolinguistic investigations on the Language Faculty; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Biolinguistic Investigations on the Language Faculty; Section 1. Language Faculty; Section 2. Language variation; Section 3. Language Impairments; References; The biolinguistics program; 1. The rationale for Biolinguistics; 2. Evolution of language; 3. The structure and properties of the FLN/FLB; 4. A comparative methodology and unification of results; 5. Summary; References; Symbol Taxonomy in Biophonology; 1. Introduction; 2. Overview of Gallistel and King (2009). |
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2.1 Symbol taxonomy2.2 Combinatoric explosion; 2.3 Variables and functions; 3. Symbol taxonomy in phonology; 4. Combinatoric explosion in phonology; 5. Variables and functions in phonology; 5.1 Functions of one variable: Reduplication; 5.2 Functions of two variables: Computing Identity; 6. Conclusions; References; The centrality of speech for human thought; 1. Introduction; 2. The view from the Chomskian side: The primacy of the internal component Problems; 2.1 Natural language, LoT and words; 2.2 Externalization is not secondary; and even less is internalization. |
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2.3 Words in language are everywhere, not only in the conceptual-intentional system2.4 Towards an integrative view: From Chomskian dichotomies to codependences; 3. A view of language with speech and vocal learning as foundational; 3.1 Words and vocal learning: Words came with syntax; 3.2 What vocal learning gives us for free; 3.3 Speech and sign: Why speech is default; 3.4 Sensorimotor integration with copying is at the basis of language and human cognition; 3.5 A parsimonious and integrative account of how we got language; 3.6 Speech, brain and thought; 4. Conclusion; References. |
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Electroencephalographic evidence of vowels computation and representation in human auditory cortex1. Introduction; 1.1 Neurophysiological and linguistic grounds of speech perception; 1.2 The auditory responses investigated in speech perception; 1.3 The aims of the present work; 2. Materials and methods; 2.1 Stimuli; 2.2 Participants and procedure; 2.3 Data analysis; 2.4 Source analysis; 2.5 Statistical analyses; 3. Results; 3.1 Latencies; 3.2 Amplitudes; 3.3 Hemispheric processing; 3.4 Source locations; 4. Discussion; 4.1 The N1a and N1b subcomponents. |
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4.2 N1 amplitude modulation and tonochrony as reflected in the latency patterns4.3 The generators of the N1a and N1b and their hemispheric asymmetry; 5. Conclusion; References; Feature values and the expression of variation; 1. Introduction; 2. Feature-values & the language Epigenome; 2.1 Macro-events and effects; 3. Feature values and dialects; 3.1 On language creation; 4. Some thoughts on comparative linguistics; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Object pronouns in the evolution of Romanian; 1. Issue; 2. An instance of the Directional Asymmetry Principle; 3. Analysis. |
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3.1 Enclisis in OR. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Biolinguistics -- Research.
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Biolinguistics. |
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Research. |
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Electronic books.
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Di Sciullo, Anne-Marie, 1951- editor.
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Print version: Di Sciullo, Anna Maria. Biolinguistic Investigations on the Language Faculty. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©2016 9789027257185 |
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9027266301 (electronic book) |
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9789027266309 (electronic book) |
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9027257183 |
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9789027257185 |
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