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Table of contents :
1. Introduction / Peter Hagoort --
Part I. Cognitive Architectures / James M. McQueen and Antje S. Meyer --
2. Mental Representations for Language / Ray Jackendoff --
3. Language Comprehension: Insights from Research on Spoken Language / Dephine Dahan and Fernanda Ferreira --
4. The Architecture of Speaking / Ardi Roelofs and Victor S. Ferreira --
5. The Cognitive Architecture / Sally Andrews and Erik D. Reichle --
6. Language in the Visual Modality: Co-Speech Gesture and Sign Language / Asli "azyürek and Bencie Woll / 7. Key issues and future directions: towards a comprehensive cognitive architecture for language use / James M. McQueen and Antje S. Meyer --
Part II. The Development of Language / Peter Hagoort --
8. Six questions in infant speech and language development / Elizabeth K. Johnson and Katherine S. White --
9. How to learn a word: The dynamic coupling of words and referents in real and developmental time / Sarah C. Kucker --
10. Insights into understanding human language from children's acquisition of morphology and syntax / Shanley Allen and Heike Behrens --
11. A Neural Blueprint of Language Acquisition / Michael A. Skeide --
12. Multilingual Development / Vasiliki Chondrogianni --
13. Key Issues and Future Directions: How Do Children Acquire Language? / Caroline F. Rowland and Evan Kidd --
Part III. Communication with and before language / Stephen C. Levinson and Ivan Toni --
14. Interactional foundations of language: the interaction engine hypothesis / Stephen C. Levinson --
15. The structure and timing of human versus primate social interaction / Federico Rossano --
16. The resilience of language: home-sign / Susan Goldin Meadow --
17. Depicting in communication / Herbert H. Clark --
18. Conceptual alignment as a neurocognitive mechanism for human communicative interactions / Ivan Toni and Arjen Stolk --
19. Key issues and future directions: interactional foundations for language / Stephen C. Levinson and Ivan Toni --
Part IV. Modeling Language / Willem Zuidema --
20. Speech perception and production / Bart DeBoer --
21. Neural network models of language acquisition and processing / Stefan L. Frank, Padraic Monaghan, and Chara Tsoukala --
22. Cognitive models of syntax and sentence processing / Vera Demberg and Frank Keller --
23. Vector-based and neural models of semantics / Willem Zuidema and Phong Le --
24. Language processing in the brain: mapping neural activity to language meaning / Leila Wehbe, Alona Fishe, and Tom Mitchell --
25. The Robot Writer / Emiel Krahmer --
26. Key issues and future directions: models of human language and speech processing / Willem Zuidema and Hartmut Fitz Part V. The functional neurobiology of language / David Poeppel --
27. The cortical processing of speech sounds in the temporal lobe / Matthias J. Sjerps and Edward F. Chang --
28. Functional anatomy of speech production: from words to motor control / Gregory Hickok --
29. Neural oscillations and their role in speech and language processing / Joachim Gross and David Poeppel --
30. Explaining speech comprehension: integrating electrophysiology, evolution, and cross-linguistic diversity / William D. Marslen-Wilson --
31. A cognitive neuroscience perspective on language comprehension in context / Jos J.A. Van Berkum and Mante S. Nieuwland --
32. Key issues and future directions: where have we been and where are we going? / David Poeppel --
Part VI. Neuroanatomy of Language / Peter Hagoort and Christian F. Beckmann --
33. Receptor- and cytoarchitecture of language related cortical areas / Nicola Palermo-Gallagher and Karl Zilles --
34. The human language connectome / Izabela Przezdzik, Koen V. Haak, Andreas Bartsch and Christian F. Beckmann --
35. The 'speech ready' auditory cortex / Elia Formisano --
36. The speech-ready organization of the motor cortex / Serena Bianchi and Kristina Simonyan --
37. Insights into the neurobiology of language from individuals born blind or deaf / Marina Bedny and Mairead MacSweeney --
38. Key issues and future directions / Peter Hagoort and Christian F. Beckmann --
Part VII. The Genetics of Language / Simon E. Fisher --
39. Mapping genes involved in reading and language skills / Michelle Luciano and Timothy Bates --
40. Deciphering genetics of speech-motor disorders / Angela Morgan --
41. Neuromolecular approaches to the study of language / Sonja C. Vernes --
42. The genetic bases of brain lateralization / Clyde Francks --
43. Key issues and future directions: genes and language / Simon E. Fisher --
Part VIII. Animal Models of Language / Carel ten Cate and Constance Scharff --
44. The comparative approach to the biology and evolution of language / Tecumseh W. Fitch --
45. Primate vocalization as a model for human speech: scopes and limits / Julia Fischer and Steffen R. Hage --
46. Vocal learning and spoken language: insights from animal models with an emphasis on genetic contributions / Constance Scharff, Mirjam KnÃrnschild, and Erich D. Jarvis --
47. The grammatical abilities of animals: a comparative overview / Carel ten Cate and Christopher I. Petkov --
48. Speech perception: what do nonhuman animals have to say? / Buddhamas P. Kriengwatana and Gabriel J.L. Beckers --
49. Key issues and future directions: the comparative approach to language / Carel ten Cate and Constance Scharff --
Contributors --
Index --
Notes.

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HUMAN LANGUAGE FROM GENES AND BRAINS TO BEHAVIOR

Peter Hagoort

Editor-in-chief Section Editors:

Christian F. Beckmann Simon E. Fisher Peter Hagoort Evan Kidd Stephen C. Levinson James M. McQueen Antje S. Meyer David Poeppel Caroline F. Rowland Constance Scharff Carel ten Cate Ivan Toni Willem Zuidema

THE MIT PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS LONDON, ENGLAND

© 2019 The Mas­sa­chu­setts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. This book was set in ITC New Baskerville Std by Westchester Publishing Ser­vices. Printed and bound in the United States of Amer­i­ca. Library of Congress Cataloging-­in-­Publication Data Names: Hagoort, Peter, editor. Title: Human language : from genes and brains to   behavior / edited by Peter Hagoort. Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2019] |   Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018050123 | ISBN 9780262042635   (hardcover : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Language and culture. | Anthropological   linguistics. | Language acquisition. | Neurolinguistics. Classification: LCC P35 .H76 2019 | DDC 401/.9--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018050123 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

CONTENTS

PETER HAGOORT

1

Introduction

I

COGNITIVE ARCHITE CTURE S

JAMES M.

1

MC QUEEN AND ANlJE s. MEYER

RAY jACKENDOFF

7

2

Mental Representations for Language

3

Language Comprehension: Insights from Research on Spoken Language

4

DELPHINE DAHAN AND FERNANDA FERREIRA

The Architecture of Speaking

VICTORS. FERREIRA 5

35

SALLY ANDRi::ws AND ERIK D. R1::1CHLE

Asu

OzYt1REK AND BENCIE WOLL

67

Key Issues and Future Directions: Toward a Comprehensive Cognitive Architecture for Language Use

jAMES M. MCQUEEN AND ANTJE S. MEYER

II

85

THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE CAROLINE F. ROWLAND AND EVAN KIDD

8

51

Language in the Visual Modality: Co-speech Gesture and Sign Language

7

AROl ROELOFS AND

The Cognitive Architecture of Reading: The Organization of an Acquired Skill

6

21

Six Questions in Infant Speech and Language Development

ELIZABETH K.JoHNSON AND KATHERINES. WHITE

99

9

How to Learn a ·word: The Dynamic Coupling ofV\Tords and Referenls

SARAH C. KuCKER

in Real and Developmental Time

10

113

lnsighls into Understanding Human Language from Children's Acquisition of Morphology and Syntax: A Historical and Current Perspective on Central Questions in the Field

SHANLEY E. M. ALLEN AND HEIKE BEHRENS

11

A Neural Blueprint of Language Acquisition

12

Multilingual Development

13

MICHAEL A. SKEIDE

VASILIKI CHONDROGTANNI

127 147

163

Key Issues and Future Directions: How Do Children Acquire Language?

CAROLINE F. ROWLAND AND EVAN KmD

181

III COMMUNICATION WITH AND BEFORE LANGUAGE

STEPHEN C. LEVINSON AND IVAN TONI

14

lnteractional Foundations of Language: The Interaction Engine Hypothesis

15

STEPHEN c. LEVINSON

189

The Structure and Timing of Human versus Primate Social Interaction

FEDERtCO ROSSANO

201

SUSAN GOLDIN-MEADOW

16

The Resilience of Language: Homesign

17

Depicting in Communication

18

Conceptual Alignment as a Neurocognitive Mechanism for Human Communicative Interactions

19

HERBERT H. CLARK

235

IVAN TONI AND ARJEN STOLK

Key Issues and Future Directions: Interactional Foundations Language

STEPHEN C. LEVINSON ANO IVAN ToN1

249

for

257

IV MODELING LANGUAGE

WtLLEM ZUIDEMA

BART DE BOER

20

Speech Perception and Production

21

Neural Network Models of Language Acquisition and Processing

265

STEFAN L. FRANK, PADRAIC MONAGHAN, AND CHARA TsouKALA 22

Cognitive Models of Syntax and Sentence Processing

VERA DEMBERG AND FRANK KELLER 23

Vector-Based and Neural Models of Semantics

WILLEM ZUIDEMA AND PHONG LE

V1

CO TENTS

293

313

277

221

24

Language Processing in the Brain: Mapping leural Activity to Language

LULA WEHBE, ALONA FYSHE, AND TOM M. MITCHELL

Meaning

Writer

EMIEL KRAHMER

25

The Robot

26

Key Issues and Future Directions: Models of Human Language and Speech Processing

V

325

337

WILLEM ZUIDEMA AND HARTMUT FITZ

353

THE FUNCTIONAL NEUROBIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE DAVID POEPPEL

27

The Cortical Processing of Speech Sounds in the Temporal Lobe

MATTHIAS ].SJERPS AND EDWARD F. CHANG 28

Functional Anatomy of Speech Production: From Words to Motor

GREGORY HICKOK

Control

29

381

Neural Oscillations and Their Role in Speech and Language Processing

30

361

JOACHIM GROSS AND DAVID POEPPEL

393

Explaining Speech Comprehension: Integrating Electrophysiology, Evolution, and Cross-Linguistic Diversity

WILLIAM D. MARSLI