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Language Diversity and Cognitive Representations.

Significant new developments in brain activity research have revived the debate on the universality of language and its neural basis. Within this debate, the question of language diversity and its implications for cognition remains central and controversial. It is here investigated in an original mu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fuchs, Catherine
Otros Autores: Robert, Stéphane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999.
Colección:Human Cognitive Processing Ser. ; no. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Significant new developments in brain activity research have revived the debate on the universality of language and its neural basis. Within this debate, the question of language diversity and its implications for cognition remains central and controversial. It is here investigated in an original multimodal approach, covering various aspects of cross-linguistic variation, differences between spoken, signed and drum languages, between normal speech and pathological speech, and also between language and music, as revealed in electric brain activity associated with language processing. The variou.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (239 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027284501
9027284504
9789027223555
9027223556
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9781283121651
9786613121653
6613121657