Syntax in language and music: What is the right level of comparison?

It is often claimed that music and language share a process of hierarchical structure building, a mental syntax. Although several lines of research point to commonalities, and possibly a shared syntactic component, differences between language syntax and music syntax can also be found at several lev...

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Main Authors: Rie eAsano, Cedric eBoeckx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00942/full