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Broca's demotion does not doom universal grammar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Derek Bickerton
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 [email protected]

Abstract

Despite problems with statistical significance, ancillary hypotheses, and integration into an overall view of cognition, Grodzinsky's demotion of Broca's area to a mechanism for tracking moved constituents is intrinsically plausible and fits a realistic picture of how syntax works.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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