Word Order, Action, and the Brain: A Reply to Arbib
In a recent paper in this journal, I argued that the crosslinguistic prevalence of subject–object–verb and subject–verb–object word orders reflects the sequential and hierarchical representation of action in Broca's area. Arbib (2015) discusses that paper in the context of broader computational...
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| Published in: | Language and linguistics compass Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 150 - 156 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.03.2015
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| ISSN: | 1749-818X, 1749-818X |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | In a recent paper in this journal, I argued that the crosslinguistic prevalence of subject–object–verb and subject–verb–object word orders reflects the sequential and hierarchical representation of action in Broca's area. Arbib (2015) discusses that paper in the context of broader computational, neuroscientific, and evolutionary issues, and presents a critique of my specific proposal. Here, I respond to his concerns and defend my original account. |
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| Bibliography: | istex:CDDD2C9CDEE8390E2BADA528A7BFF304B1199EE9 ArticleID:LNC312132 ark:/67375/WNG-V3R794PN-H ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1749-818X 1749-818X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/lnc3.12132 |