The Neural Basis of Recursion and Complex Syntactic Hierarchy

The Neural Basis of Recursion and Complex Syntactic Hierarchy

Language is a faculty specific to humans. It is characterized by hierarchical, recursive structures. The processing of hierarchically complex sentences is known to recruit Broca’s area. Comparisons across brain imaging studies investigating similar hierarchical structures in different domains reveal...

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Main Authors: Angela Dorkas Friederici, Jörg Bahlmann, Roland Friedrich, Michiru Makuuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biolinguistics 2011-06-01
Series:Biolinguistics
Subjects:
Broca’s area
hierarchy
recursion
Online Access:http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/170

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