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A polyglot perspective on dissociation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Neil Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, neil@linguistics.ucl.ac.uk

Abstract

Evidence is presented from a polyglot savant to suggest that double dissociations between linguistic and nonverbal abilities are more important than Müller's target article implies. It is also argued that the special nature of syntax makes its assimilation to other aspects of language or to nonhuman communication systems radically implausible.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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