Abstract Language serves as a cornerstone of human cognition. However, our knowledge
about its neural basis is still a matter of debate, partly because 'language'is often ill-defined …

Detailed comparative studies have revealed many surface similarities between linguistic
communication and the communication of nonhumans. How should we interpret these …

This paper provides an overview of what we take to be the key current issues in the field of
Generative Grammar, the study of the human Faculty of Language. We discuss some of the …

An argument that the word order of a given language is largely predictable from
independently observable facts about its phonology and morphology. Languages differ in …

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A recent trend in psycholinguistic research has been to posit prediction as an essential
function of language processing. The present paper develops a linguistic perspective on …

Human expression is open-ended, versatile, and diverse, ranging from ordinary language
use to painting, from exaggerated displays of affection to micro-movements that aid …

This paper argues that the origins of language can be detected one million years ago, if not
earlier, in the archaeological record of Homo erectus. This controversial claim is based on a …

Intersubjectivity refers to two non-verbal intersubjective relations infants experience during
their first year that are precursors to the emergence of words. Trevarthen, a pioneer in the …

One of the cognitive capacities underlying language is core-Merge, which allows senders to
combine two words into a sequence and receivers to recognize it as a single unit. Recent …