Interdisciplinary perspectives on the evolutionary and biological roots of syntax, describing current research on syntax in fields ranging from linguistics to neurology.
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the evolutionary and biological roots of syntax, describing current research on syntax in fields ranging from linguistics to neurology.
The Ernst Strungmann Forum vii List of Contributors ix Preface xiii Background 1 Syntax for Non-syntacticians: A Brief Primer 3 Derek Bickerton 2 The Biological Background of Syntax Evolution 15 Anna Fedor, Peter Ittzes, and Eors Szathmary 3 Functional Neuroimaging and the Logic of Brain Operations: Methodologies, Caveats, and Fundamental Examples from Language Research 41 Balazs Gulyas Syntactics 4 Some Elements of Syntactic Computations 63 Luigi Rizzi 5 The Adaptive Approach to Grammar 89 T. Givon 6 Fundamental Syntactic Phenomena and Their Putative Relation to the Brain 117 Edith Kaan 7 What Kinds of Syntactic Phenomena Must Biologists, Neurobiologists, and Computer Scientists Try to Explain and Replicate? 135 Maggie Tallerman, Frederick Newmeyer, Derek Bickerton, Denis Bouchard, Edith Kaan, and Luigi Rizzi Evolution 8 Possible Precursors of Syntactic Components in Other Species 161 Austin T. Hilliard and Stephanie A. White 9 What Can Developmental Language Impairment Tell Us about the Genetic Bases of Syntax? 185 Dorothy V.M. Bishop 10 What Are the Possible Biological and Genetic Foundations for Syntactic Phenomena? 207 Szabolcs Szamado, James R. Hurford, Dorothy V.M. Bishop, Terrence W. Deacon, Francesco d'Errico, Julia Fischer, Kazuo Okanoya, Eors Szathmary, and Stephanie A. White Brain 11 Brain Circuits of Syntax 239 Angela D. Friederici 12 Neural Organization for Syntactic Processing as Determined by Effects of Lesions: Logic, Data, and Difficult Questions 253 David Caplan 13 Reflections on the Neurobiology of Syntax 275 Peter Hagoort 14 What Are the Brain Mechanisms Underlying Syntactic Operations? 299 Anna Fedor, Csaba Pleh, Jens Brauer, David Caplan, Angela D. Friederici, Balazas Gulyas, Peter Hagoort, Tatjana Nazir, and Wolf Singer Modeling 15 Syntax as an Adaptation to the Learner 325 Simon Kirby, Morten H. Christiansen, and Nick Chater 16 Cognition and Social Dynamics Play a Major Role in the Formation of Grammar 345 Luc Steels 17 What Can Formal or Computational Models Tell Us about How (Much) Language Shaped the Brain? 369 Ted Briscoe 18 What Can Mathematical, Computational, and Robotic Models Tell Us about the Origins of Syntax? 385 Herbert Jaeger, Luc Steels, Andrea Baronchelli, Ted Briscoe, Morten H. Christiansen, Thomas Griffiths, Gerhard Jager, Simon Kirby, Natalia L. Komarova, Peter J. Richerson, and Jochen Triesch Glossary 411 Bibliography 417 Subject Index 465
The Ernst Strungmann Forum vii List of Contributors ix Preface xiii Background 1 Syntax for Non-syntacticians: A Brief Primer 3 Derek Bickerton 2 The Biological Background of Syntax Evolution 15 Anna Fedor, Peter Ittzes, and Eors Szathmary 3 Functional Neuroimaging and the Logic of Brain Operations: Methodologies, Caveats, and Fundamental Examples from Language Research 41 Balazs Gulyas Syntactics 4 Some Elements of Syntactic Computations 63 Luigi Rizzi 5 The Adaptive Approach to Grammar 89 T. Givon 6 Fundamental Syntactic Phenomena and Their Putative Relation to the Brain 117 Edith Kaan 7 What Kinds of Syntactic Phenomena Must Biologists, Neurobiologists, and Computer Scientists Try to Explain and Replicate? 135 Maggie Tallerman, Frederick Newmeyer, Derek Bickerton, Denis Bouchard, Edith Kaan, and Luigi Rizzi Evolution 8 Possible Precursors of Syntactic Components in Other Species 161 Austin T. Hilliard and Stephanie A. White 9 What Can Developmental Language Impairment Tell Us about the Genetic Bases of Syntax? 185 Dorothy V.M. Bishop 10 What Are the Possible Biological and Genetic Foundations for Syntactic Phenomena? 207 Szabolcs Szamado, James R. Hurford, Dorothy V.M. Bishop, Terrence W. Deacon, Francesco d'Errico, Julia Fischer, Kazuo Okanoya, Eors Szathmary, and Stephanie A. White Brain 11 Brain Circuits of Syntax 239 Angela D. Friederici 12 Neural Organization for Syntactic Processing as Determined by Effects of Lesions: Logic, Data, and Difficult Questions 253 David Caplan 13 Reflections on the Neurobiology of Syntax 275 Peter Hagoort 14 What Are the Brain Mechanisms Underlying Syntactic Operations? 299 Anna Fedor, Csaba Pleh, Jens Brauer, David Caplan, Angela D. Friederici, Balazas Gulyas, Peter Hagoort, Tatjana Nazir, and Wolf Singer Modeling 15 Syntax as an Adaptation to the Learner 325 Simon Kirby, Morten H. Christiansen, and Nick Chater 16 Cognition and Social Dynamics Play a Major Role in the Formation of Grammar 345 Luc Steels 17 What Can Formal or Computational Models Tell Us about How (Much) Language Shaped the Brain? 369 Ted Briscoe 18 What Can Mathematical, Computational, and Robotic Models Tell Us about the Origins of Syntax? 385 Herbert Jaeger, Luc Steels, Andrea Baronchelli, Ted Briscoe, Morten H. Christiansen, Thomas Griffiths, Gerhard Jager, Simon Kirby, Natalia L. Komarova, Peter J. Richerson, and Jochen Triesch Glossary 411 Bibliography 417 Subject Index 465
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