Mind, Brain, and Language: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
About the Contributors......Page 16
I The Emergence, Influence, and Development of Language......Page 24
1 Language Evolution and Innateness......Page 26
2 Language, Mind, and Culture: From Linguistic Relativity to Representational Modularity......Page 46
3 The Role of Speech Perception Capacities in Early Language Acquisition......Page 84
II Models of Language and Language Processing......Page 108
4 Dissociation and Modularity: Reflections on Language and Mind......Page 110
5 Linguistic Models......Page 136
6 Connectionist Modeling of Language: Examples and Implications......Page 166
III The Neurological Bases of Language......Page 192
7 Language in Microvolts......Page 194
8 Functional and Structural Imaging in the Study of Auditory Language Processes......Page 234
9 Parallel Systems for Processing Language: Hemispheric Complementarity in the Normal Brain......Page 252
IV Language Disruption and Loss......Page 272
10 Evidence From Language Breakdown: Implications for the Neural and Functional Organization of Language......Page 274
11 The Neurocognitive Bases of Developmental Reading Disorders......Page 306
V Two Languages, One Brain......Page 330
12 The Phonetic Systems of Bilinguals......Page 332
13 Differential Use of Cerebral Mechanisms in Bilinguals......Page 374
Author Index......Page 394
Subject Index......Page 412