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Sign languages: Contribution to neurolinguistics from cross-modal research

Abstract: Using sign language research as an example, we argue that both the cross-linguistic descriptive approach to data, advocated by Evans and Levinson (2009), as well as abstract (‘formal’) analyses are necessary steps towards the development of “neurolinguistic primitives” for investigating ho...

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Publicado en:Lingua Vol. 120; no. 12; pp. 2704 - 2707
Autores principales: Malaia, Evie, Wilbur, Ronnie
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Dec2010
Materias:
Neurolinguistics
Sign language
Language & languages
Symbolic communication
Signs & symbols
Philosophy of language
Brain function localization
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Sumario:Abstract: Using sign language research as an example, we argue that both the cross-linguistic descriptive approach to data, advocated by Evans and Levinson (2009), as well as abstract (‘formal’) analyses are necessary steps towards the development of “neurolinguistic primitives” for investigating how human languages are instantiated in the brain.