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Biological foundations and origin of syntax / / edited by Derek Bickerton and Eörs Szathmáry |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
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0-262-29379-X |
1-282-69428-6 |
9786612694288 |
0-262-25858-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (491 p.) |
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Collana |
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Strüngmann Forum reports |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BickertonDerek |
SzathmáryEörs |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax |
Biolinguistics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Forum held July 13-18, 2008, in Frankfurt, Germany. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; Preface; Background; 1 Syntax for Non-syntacticians; 2 The Biological Background of Syntax Evolution; 3 Functional Neuroimaging and the Logic of Brain Operations; Syntactics; 4 Some Elements of Syntactic Computations; 5 The Adaptive Approach to Grammar; 6 Fundamental Syntactic Phenomena and Their Putative Relation to the Brain; 7 What Kinds of Syntactic Phenomena Must Biologists, Neurobiologists, and Computer Scientists Try to Explain and Replicate?; Evolution; 8 Possible Precursors of Syntactic Components in Other Species |
9 What Can Developmental Language Impairment Tell Us about the Genetic Bases of Syntax?10 What Are the Possible Biological and Genetic Foundations for Syntactic Phenomena?; Brain; 11 Brain Circuits of Syntax; 12 Neural Organization for Syntactic Processing as Determined by Effects of Lesions; 13 Reflections on the Neurobiology of Syntax; 14 What Are the Brain Mechanisms Underlying Syntactic Operations?; Modeling; 15 Syntax as an Adaptation to the Learner; 16 Cognition and Social Dynamics Play a Major Role in the Formation of Grammar |
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