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Author Fujita, Koji.

Title Advances in biolinguistics : the human language faculty and its biological basis / edited by Koji Fujita and Cedric A. Boeckx
Published Taylor & Francis 2016
London ; New York : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (305 p.)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction: the biolinguistic program: a new beginning; PART I Computational issues; 2 Feature-equilibria in syntax; 3 On the primitive operations of syntax; 4 Case and predicate-argument relations; PART II Development, processing and variations; 5 Structure dependence in child English: new evidence; 6 Make a good prediction or get ready for a locality penalty: maybe it's coming late; 7 Some things to learn from the intersection between language and working memory
8 Eliminating parameters from the narrow syntax: rule ordering variation by third-factor underspecificationPART III Conceptual and methodological foundations; 9 On certain fallacies in evolutionary linguistics and how one can eliminate them; 10 Biological pluralism in service of biolinguistics; 11 On the current status of biolinguistics as a biological science; PART IV Evolutionary considerations; 12 Proposing the hypothesis of an earlier emergence of the human language faculty; 13 Two aspects of syntactic evolution; PART V Topics in neurobiology; 14 Syntax in the brain
15 The central role of the thalamus in language and cognition16 A biolinguistic approach to language disorders: towards a paradigm shift in clinical linguistics; Index
Summary Biolinguistics is a highly interdisciplinary field that seeks the rapprochement between linguistics and biology. Linking theoretical linguistics, theoretical biology, genetics, neuroscience and cognitive psychology, this book offers a collection of chapters situating the enterprise conceptually, highlighting both the promises and challenges of the field, and chapters focusing on the challenges and prospects of taking interdisciplinarity seriously. It provides concrete illustrations of some of the cutting-edge research in biolinguistics and piques the interest of undergraduate students looking for a field to major in and inspires graduate students on possible research directions. It is also meant to show to specialists in adjacent fields how a particular strand of theoretical linguistics relates to their concerns, and in so doing, the book intends to foster collaboration across disciplines
Analysis biolinquistics
linguistics
biology
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record
Subject Biolinguistics -- Research
Linguistique
Biologie
Form Electronic book
Author Boeckx, Cedric
Fujita, Kōji, 1958-
ISBN 1317486196
9781317486190