Neuropsychological evidence for the distinction between grammatically relevant and irrelevant components of meaning

Jackendoff (2002) argues that grammatically relevant and irrelevant components of meaning do not occupy distinct levels of the semantic system. However, neuropsychological studies have found that the two components doubly dissociate in brain-damaged subjects, suggesting that they are in fact segrega...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2003-12, Vol.26 (6), p.684-685
Main Author: Kemmerer, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain damage
Brain injury
Language acquisition
Neuropsychology
Semantics
Vocabulary development
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Summary:Jackendoff (2002) argues that grammatically relevant and irrelevant components of meaning do not occupy distinct levels of the semantic system. However, neuropsychological studies have found that the two components doubly dissociate in brain-damaged subjects, suggesting that they are in fact segregated. Neural regionalization of these multidimensional semantic subsystems might take place during language development.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X03400150