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The Language Faculty - mind or brain?

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Authors:
  • Thrane, Torben
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    Department of Management, Department of Management, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University
Abstract:
The paper subjects Chomsky's compound creation - the 'mind/brain' - to scrutiny. It argues that it creates a slipway for talk about the human language faculty,  such that what should properly be discussed in functional terms - what the brain does when processing language - is instead talked about in systemic terms - what is the internal structure of the language processor. The argument is carried through by paying strict attention to the notions of information and repres­ent­ation as understood in the cognitive sciences, and in particular as they are understood by the American philos­opher, Frederick I. Dretske. Apart from a brief introduction and a conclusion, the paper contains 5 main sections: Three levels of Chomskyan linguistics, Representational theories of mind, Representational systems, Representational architecture, and finally The language faculty in brain studies.
Type:
Journal article
Language:
English
Published in:
Tidsskrift for Sprogforskning, 2009, Vol 7
Keywords:
Sprogevnen; Repræsentationsteori; Kognitionsvidenskab; Generativ grammatik; the Language Faculty; Representation; Cognition; Generative grammar
Main Research Area:
Social science
Publication Status:
Published
Review type:
Peer Review
Submission year:
2009
Scientific Level:
Scientific
ID:
2389160940
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