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Language in Our Brain - The Origins of a Uniquely Human Capacity (Hardcover)
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Language in Our Brain - The Origins of a Uniquely Human Capacity (Hardcover)
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A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language,
arguing that species-specific brain differences may be at the root
of the human capacity for language. Language makes us human. It is
an intrinsic part of us, although we seldom think about it.
Language is also an extremely complex entity with subcomponents
responsible for its phonological, syntactic, and semantic aspects.
In this landmark work, Angela Friederici offers a comprehensive
account of these subcomponents and how they are integrated. Tracing
the neurobiological basis of language across brain regions in
humans and other primate species, she argues that species-specific
brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for
language. Friederici shows which brain regions support the
different language processes and, more important, how these brain
regions are connected structurally and functionally to make
language processes that take place in milliseconds possible. She
finds that one particular brain structure (a white matter dorsal
tract), connecting syntax-relevant brain regions, is present only
in the mature human brain and only weakly present in other primate
brains. Is this the "missing link" that explains humans' capacity
for language? Friederici describes the basic language functions and
their brain basis; the language networks connecting different
language-related brain regions; the brain basis of language
acquisition during early childhood and when learning a second
language, proposing a neurocognitive model of the ontogeny of
language; and the evolution of language and underlying neural
constraints. She finds that it is the information exchange between
the relevant brain regions, supported by the white matter tract,
that is the crucial factor in both language development and
evolution.
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