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THE MOTOR THEORY OF LANGUAGE ORIGIN The motor theory is not only a theory of language origin and development but also a theory of current language function. Language is constructed on the basis of a previously existing complex system, the neural motor system. The motor system has been built up from a limited number of primitive elements - units of motor action - which can be formed into more extended motor programs. The programs and procedures which evolved for the construction and execution of simple and sequential motor movements formed the basis of the programs and procedures going to form language. The development of the language capacity has resulted from the progressive establishment of new cross-modal or transfunctional neural linkages, cerebral reorganization in the sense that the interconnectedness of different brain regions concerned with what are usually considered distinct functions, has substantially increased. This extensive relation between language! and the motor system is what one might reasonably expect, given the central role of the motor system in all behaviour and the essentially motor character of speech production, as the outcome of movements of the articulatory apparatus. The motor system is seen as the indispensable mediator between different modalities, and particularly between language and perception.
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Motor Theory of Language Origin
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Very well maintained. Small signs of wear but no tears, scratches or major flaws. The book deals with the question: how did humans acquire the vital language ability, the faculty which makes them human?It brings together evidence from two major areas of research, linguistics and the neurology of human perception and action, which up to now have had little contact with one another. It is compiled in the form of three lectures.Text appears bright and unmarked; light foxing to top edge of pages. Copyright © Book Guild. Seller Inventory # 484573
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