" Introduction There are numerous neurobiological models of language, ranging from those
concerned with speech perception, white matter structure, and the function of dorsal and …

From its modern origin over sixty years ago, generative grammar has attempted to
characterize the human “faculty of language” as an evolvable trait–a particular phenotype …

Abstract In the Minimalist Program, the place of linguistic communication in language
evolution and design is clear: It is assumed to be secondary to internalisation. I will defend …

Prions are self-propagating proteins that cause fatal neurodegenerative diseases in
humans. However, increasing evidence suggests that eukaryotic cells exploit prion …

In this chapter, we describe some of the basic principles of the human brain functionality,
focusing on language and speech processes. After discussing the structure of neurons and …

It is a truth universally unacknowledged that the birth of modern Generative Grammar circa
1950 also marked the beginning of modern biological and evolutionary thinking about …

Adolescence is a challenging time of change in voicing, normally and in pathology. An
increased focus on voice production in relation to genetics can expand our knowledge of the …

This chapter surveys progress in the realm of language evolution. Its main message is that,
like vocal learning in birds, human language is a highly complex, polygenic trait that recruits …

The contemporary research in linguistics aims to forge an understanding of consilience by
evading the stereotypic semantic studies in linguistics. Modern linguistics calls for …

Human languages use a wide variety of different speech sounds, and many sounds that are
prominently used in one language might not occur at all in another. For example, the click …