The Cambridge handbook of biolinguistics / edited by Cedric Boeckx and Kleanthes K. Grohmann.
| Other author | Boeckx, Cedric. |
| Other author | Grohmann, Kleanthes K. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, |
| Description | xiv, 676 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introducing the volume / Kleanthes K. Grohmann and Cedric Boeckx -- Biolinguistics: a historical perspective / Lyle Jenkins -- Biolinguistics yesterday, today and tomorrow / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini -- The philosophical foundations of biolinguistics / James McGilvray -- Language development, (evidence for) the language instinct / Ianthi Maria Tsimpli -- Sensitive phases in successive language acquisition: the critical period hypothesis revisited / Jurgen M. Meisel -- Discovering word forms and word meanings: the role of phrasal prosody and function words / Severine Millotte, Elodie Cauvet, Perrine Brusini, and Anne Christophe -- Luria's biolinguistic suggestion and the growth of language / Ken Wexler -- Parameters in language acquisition / Lisa Pearl and Jeffrey Lidz -- Bilingualism beyond language: on the impact of bilingualism on executive control / Mireia Hernandez, Clara D. Martin, Nuria Sebastian-Galles, and Albert Costa -- Mind, brain, behavior: the role of experimental syntax in an integrated cognitive science of language / Jon Sprouse and Diogo Almeida -- Working memory and language processing: theory, data and directions for future research / Matthew W. Wagers and Brian McElree -- Computational primitives in phonology and their neural correlates / Philip J. Monahan, Ellen F. Lau, and William J. Idsardi -- Computational primitives in syntax and possible brain correlates / Matthias Schlesewsky and Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky -- Computational primitives in morphology and possible brain correlates / Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky and Matthias Schlesewsky -- Grounding the cognitive neuroscience of semantics in linguistic theory / Liina Pylkkanen, Jonathan Brennan, and Douglas Bemis -- Modularity and descent with modification / Gary F. Marcus, Cristina D. Rabaglia, and Hugh Rabagliati -- The role of Broca's Area in language function / Gregory Hickok -- Lexical retrieval and breakdown in aphasia and developmental language impairment / Naama Friedmann, Michal Biran, and Dror Dotan -- Genetics of language: roots of specific language deficits / Antonio Benitez-Burraco -- Language evolution: The cognitive capacities of non-human primates / Klaus Zuberbuhler -- Birdsong for biolinguistics / Kazuo Okanoya -- Language, culture and computation: an adaptive systems approach to biolinguistics / Simon Kirby -- Language and natural selection / Derek Bickerton -- The fossils of language: What are they? Who has them? How did they evolve? / Sergio Balari, Antonio Benitez-Burraco, Victor M. Longa, and Guillermo Lorenzo. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-670) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012019064 |
| ISBN | 9780521761536 |
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