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A philosophical analysis of the emergence of language

open access: yesTheoria, Volume 90, Issue 1, Page 30-55, February 2024.
Abstract There is a research programme in linguistics that is founded on describing language as an emergent phenomenon. This paper clarifies how the core concept of emergence is deployed in this emergentist programme. We show that if one adopts the weak understandings of the concept of language emergence, the emergentist programme is not fundamentally ...
Hamed Tabatabaei Ghomi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Naming as a window to word retrieval changes in healthy and pathological ageing: Methodological considerations

open access: yesInternational Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 59, Issue 1, Page 68-83, January/February 2024.
Abstract Background Word retrieval skills change across the lifespan. Permanent alterations in the form of decreased accuracy or increased response time can be a consequence of both normal ageing processes or the presence of acquired and neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., aphasia and dementia).
Silvia Martínez‐Ferreiro
wiley   +1 more source

The Correlative Analysis of Amplitude-temporal Characteristics of Evoked Potentials of Brain Cortex in Sportsmen [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The article considers the correlative analysis of amplitude-temporal characteristics of evoked potentials of brain cortex in sportsmen of playing kinds of sport and athletes at perception and processing of significant information “What” and “Where” in ...
Poruchynska, T. (Tеtiana)   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

The role of non-verbal communication in second language learner and native speaker discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
It is undeniable that non-verbal signals exert a profound impact on communication. Many researchers proved that people, when they are hesitating, analyze non-verbal signals to comprehend the meaning of a message (Allen, 1999), because they prioritize non-
Kałuska, Angelika
core  

Children’s Learning of a Semantics-Free Artificial Grammar with Center Embedding

open access: yesBiolinguistics, 2020
Whether non-human animals have an ability to learn and process center embedding, a core property of human language syntax, is still debated. Artificial-grammar learning (AGL) has been used to compare humans and animals in the learning of center embedding.
Shiro Ojima, Kazuo Okanoya
doaj   +1 more source

Upcoming Changes in Biolinguistics

open access: yesBiolinguistics, 2011
Kleanthes K. Grohmann, Cedric Boeckx
doaj   +2 more sources

From Wallace's problem to Owen's solution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Review of More than nature Needs by Derek ...
Balari, Sergio   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Language and complexity considerations: A biolinguistic perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The notion of complexity recurrently shows up in the context of language studies. From a Chomskyan/biolinguistic perspective, and given the uniform character of language acquisition, it has been assumed that all languages are equally complex or simple ...
Boeckx, Cedric   +2 more
core  

Auf der Spur der Sprachnatur. Vom Generativismus zur Biolinguistik

open access: yesColloquia Germanica Stetinensia
The article attempts to answer the question of whether the extension of the previously generative biolinguistic research agenda to other disciplines and non-generative research trends in linguistics has prospects of success. The subject of the discussion
Jolanta Sękowska
doaj   +1 more source

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