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Language specificity and elasticity: brain and clinical syndrome studies.

Language is considered in terms of faculty and tissue specificity by examining current research on brain localization and clinical syndromes. The problems of modularity and its realization in linguistic models are discussed, focusing on the concepts of encapsulatedness and of autonomous syntax in l...

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Published in:Annual Review of Psychology Vol. 45; pp. 487 - 517
Main Authors: Maratsos, Michael, Matheny, Laura
Format: Article
Published: Annual Reviews Inc. 1994
Subjects:
Aphasia
Down syndrome
Psycholinguistics
Brain function localization
Williams syndrome
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