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Broca's demotion does not doomuniversal grammar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Derek Bickerton
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 derek.bickerton@worldnet.att.net
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Abstract

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Despite problems with statistical significance, ancillary hypotheses, and integration into an overall view of cognition, Grodzinsky's demotion of Broca's area to a mechanism for tracking moved constituents is intrinsically plausible and fits a realistic picture of how syntax works.

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© 2000 Cambridge University Press