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Tracing the neurobiological basis of language across brain regions in humans and other primate species, she argues that species-specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language.Friederici shows which brain regions support the different language processes and, more important, how these brain regions are connected structurally and functionally to make language processes that take place in milliseconds possible. She finds that one particular brain structure (a white matter dorsal tract), connecting syntax-relevant brain regions, is present only in the mature human brain and only weakly present in other primate brains. Is this the missing link that explains humans' capacity for language?Friederici describes the basic language functions and their brain basis; the language networks connecting different language-related brain regions; the brain basis of language acquisition during early childhood and when learning a second language, proposing a neurocognitive model of the ontogeny of language; and the evolution of language and underlying neural constraints. She finds that it is the information exchange between the relevant brain regions, supported by the white matter tract, that is the crucial factor in both language development and evolution.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49728383713553,"sku":"NGR9780262036924","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50977280786705,"sku":"GOR012641674","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53429361770769,"sku":"CIN0262036924VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0262036924.jpg?v=1772273323"},{"product_id":"learning-book-angela-d-friederici-9783110161335","title":"Learning","description":"This text describes the biologically determined rules that underlie human and animal behaviour, as well as the issue of how rules that guide behaviour are acquired. 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I would like to thank all contributors for their cooperation in making a second edition possible such a short time after the completion of the first one. Angela D. Friederici Leipzig, November 23, 1998. Preface to the first edition Language comprehension and production is a uniquely human capability. We know little about the evolution of language as a human trait, possibly because our direct ancestors lived several million years ago. This fact certainly impedes the desirable advances in the biological basis of any theory of language evolution. Our knowledge about language as an existing species-specific biological sys- tem, however, has advanced dramatically over the last two decades. New experi- mental techniques have allowed the investigation of language and language use within the methodological framework of the natural sciences. The present book provides an overview of the experimental research in the area of language com- prehension in particular.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52616499822865,"sku":"NLS9783642642012","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9783642642012.jpg?v=1761527451"},{"product_id":"kognitive-strukturen-des-sprachverstehens-book-angela-d-friederici-9783540177968","title":"Kognitive Strukturen des Sprachverstehens","description":"Dieses Buch behandelt jene kognitiven Strukturen und Prozesse, die der menschlichen Sprachverarbeitung zugrundeliegen. 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