Language in Our Brain The Origins of a Uniquely Human Capacity

• Main Author: Friederici, Angela D. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2017
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Lexicography; Neurosciences; Drug-induced states; syntax; development; neurocognition; brain function; structure; cognitive neuroscience; comprehension; linguistics; biology; science; psychology; human; neurobiology; neurobiological
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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 en...