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Publication details [#26484]

Lieberman, Philip. 2002. Human language and our reptilian brain. The subcortical bases of speech, syntax and thought. Harvard University Press. 221 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and thought | language origins

Annotation

This book deals with the study of brain structure and functioning in relation to language. L. proposes a 'functional language system', involving many different brain structures, such as the basal ganglia, engaged with language proper and with other activities. Language then is considered as a learned skill, not as an instinct.

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Bradac, James J. 2002. Review of $Human language and our reptilian brain. The subcortical bases of speech, syntax and thought.

Urban, Greg. 2002. Review of $Human language and our reptilian brain. The subcortical bases of speech, syntax and thought.