The Neuroscience of Language puts forth the first systematic model of language to bridge the gap between linguistics and neuroscience. Neuronal models of word and serial order processing are presented in the form of a computational, connectionist neural network. The linguistic emphasis is on words and elementary syntactic rules. The essence of the work is contained in chapters on neural algorithms and networks, basic syntax, serial order mechanisms, and neuronal grammar. Throughout, exercises illustrate the functioning of brain models of language.
Preface
Chapter 1. : A Guide to The Book
Chapter 2. : Neuronal Structure and Function
Chapter 3. : From Classic Aphasia Research to Modern Neuroimaging
Chapter 4. : Words in The Brain
Excursus E1 : Explaining Neuropsychological Double Dissociations
Chapter 5. : Regulation, Overlap, and Web Tails
Chapter 6. : Neural Algorithms and Neural Networks
Chapter 7. : Basic Syntax
Chapter 8. : Synfire Chains as The Basic of Serial Order in The Brain
Chapter 9. : Sequence Detectors
Chapter 10. : Neuronal Grammar
Chapter 11. : Neuronal Grammar and Algorithms
Excursus E2 : Basic Bits of Neuronal Grammar
Excursus E3 : A Web Response to a Sentence
Chapter 12. : Refining Neuronal Grammar
Excursus E4 : Multiple Reverberation for Resolving Lexical Ambiguity
Excursus E5 : Multiple Reverberations and Multiple Center Embeddings
Chapter 13. : Neurophysiology of Syntax
Chapter 14. : Linguistics and The Brain
References
Abbreviations
Author Index
Subject Index
