Publication: The neurophysiology of language processing shapes the evolution of grammar: evidence from case marking
The neurophysiology of language processing shapes the evolution of grammar: evidence from case marking
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Bickel, B., Witzlack-Makarevich, A., Choudhary, K. K., Schlesewsky, M., & Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I. (2015). The neurophysiology of language processing shapes the evolution of grammar: evidence from case marking. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0132819. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132819
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Do principles of language processing in the brain affect the way grammar evolves over time or is language change just a matter of socio-historical contingency? While the balance of evidence has been ambiguous and controversial, we identify here a neurophysiological constraint on the processing of language that has a systematic effect on the evolution of how noun phrases are marked by case (i.e. by such contrasts as between the English base form she and the object form her). In neurophysiological experiments across diverse languages we
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- Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena
- Choudhary, Kamal K
- Schlesewsky, Matthias
- Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Ina
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Bickel, B., Witzlack-Makarevich, A., Choudhary, K. K., Schlesewsky, M., & Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I. (2015). The neurophysiology of language processing shapes the evolution of grammar: evidence from case marking. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0132819. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132819
