Language module

Known as: Language faculty 
Language module refers to a hypothesized structure in the human brain (anatomical module) or cognitive system (functional module) that some… (More)
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Cognitive architecture
Cognitive moduleCognitive scienceMcGurk effectModularity of mind
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
Restrictions on biological adaptation in language evolution.
Language acquisition and processing are governed by genetic constraints. A crucial unresolved question is how far these genetic… (More)
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2006
2006
Language structure: psychological and social constraints
In this article we discuss the notion of a linguistic universal, and possible sources of such invariant properties of natural… (More)
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2005
2005
Cognitive neuroscience and the English past tense: Comments on the paper by Ullman et al.
We will devote our commentary to two topics from Ullman et al. s study: (1) the linguistic assumptions that underlie the Ullman… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Language as an Adaptation to the Cognitive Niche
Th is chapter outlines the theory (fi rst explicitly defended by Pinker and Bloom 1990), that the human language faculty is a… (More)
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
The neurology of syntax: language use without Broca's area.
A new view of the functional role of the left anterior cortex in language use is proposed. The experimental record indicates that… (More)
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2000
2000
The representational structures of the language faculty and their interactions
 
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2000
2000
Creating a Universal Networking Language Module within an Advanced NLP System
A multifunctional NIA 9 environment, [!'I'AI~-3, is presented. The environment has several NI,I ~ applications, inchtding a… (More)
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Function, Selection, and Innateness: The Emergence of Language Universals
A central topic for linguistic theory is the degree to which the communicative function of language influences its form. In… (More)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
English Relative Clause Constructions ∗
Abstract This paper sketches a grammar of English relative clause constructions (including infinitival and reduced relatives… (More)
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1994
Highly Cited
1994
Type logical grammar - categorial logic of signs
Look under the hood of most theories of grammar or computational linguistic formalisms and you will find a "machine," often… (More)
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