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Petersson, Karl-Magnus; Folia, Vasiliki; Hagoort, Peter – Brain and Language, 2012
In this paper we examine the neurobiological correlates of syntax, the processing of structured sequences, by comparing FMRI results on artificial and natural language syntax. We discuss these and similar findings in the context of formal language and computability theory. We used a simple right-linear unification grammar in an implicit artificial…
Descriptors: Syntax, Familiarity, Natural Language Processing, Neurological Organization
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Saffran, Eleanor M. – British Journal of Psychology, 1982
Discusses recent studies of aphasia from the perspective of theories of normal language structure and processing. Patterns of language breakdown are considered to reflect the componential structure of the language system. Brain damage is seen to fractionate language along lines suggested by existing psycholinguistic models. (Author)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Communication Disorders, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Emmorey, Karen, Ed.; Reilly, Judy S., Ed. – 1995
A collection of papers addresses a variety of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign language, gesture, and gesture systems. Articles include: "Theoretical Issues Relating Language, Gesture, and Space: An Overview" (Karen Emmorey, Judy S. Reilly); "Real, Surrogate, and Token Space: Grammatical Consequences in ASL American…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Comparative Analysis
Laberge, Diane, Ed.; And Others – 1992
Papers on French linguistics, most in French, address the following topics: micro structural treatment of regionalisms in three French dictionaries; effects of the use of Quebec French on the intelligibility of synthesized speech; reading comprehension as a constructive process; acoustic markers of the utterance in Quebec French; constraints and…
Descriptors: Basque, Black Dialects, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Consonants