Pathways of the Brain
The neurocognitive basis of language
Pathways of the Brain builds a theory to answer such questions. Using a top-down modeling strategy, it charts relationships among words and other products of the brains linguistic system to reveal properties of that system. Going beyond earlier linguistics, it sets three plausibility requirements for a valid neurocognitive theory: operational, developmental, and neurological: It must show how the linguistic system can operate for speaking and understanding, how it can be learned by children, and how it is implemented in neural structures. Unlike theories that leave linguistics isolated from science, it builds a bridge to biology.
Of interest to anthropologists, linguists, neurologists, neuroscientists, philosophers, psychologists, and any thoughtful person interested in language or the brain.
The author is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
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ix
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Preface
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xi
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Chapter 1. The Window of the Mind
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1
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Chapter 2. Evidence of the First Two Kinds
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16
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Chapter 3. The Stratification of Language
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34
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Chapter 4. A Network of Relationships
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50
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Chapter 5. Components of Relational Networks
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66
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Chapter 6. Syntax
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84
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Chapter 7. Building Models
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103
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Chapter 8. Interacting Subsystems
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121
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Chapter 9. Meaning
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141
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Chapter 10. Building Connections
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162
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Chapter 11. Traveling the Pathways
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180
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Chapter 12. The Ever-Changing Network
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204
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Chapter 13. Sources of Linguistic Patterning
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227
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Chapter 14. Sequence Management
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248
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Chapter 15. Linguistic Illusions
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273
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Chapter 16. Introducing the Brain
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293
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Chapter 17. Neurons and Nexions
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320
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Chapter 18. The Anatomy of Language
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344
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Epilog
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370
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Appendix
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375
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Notes
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381
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References
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389
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Index
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399
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