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The Trace Deletion Hypothesis and the Tree-Pruning Hypothesis: Still valid characterizations of Broca's aphasia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Yosef Grodzinsky
Yosef Grodzinsky
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978; Israel and Department of Neurology, Aphasia Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02130 yosef1@ccsg.tau.ac.il yosef1@acs2.bu.edu
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Abstract

I begin with a characterization of neurolinguistic theories, trying to pinpoint some general properties that an account of brain/language relations should have. I then address specific criticisms made in the commentaries regarding the syntactic theory assumed in the target article, properties of the Trace Deletion Hypothesis (TDH) and the Tree-Pruning Hyothesis (TPH), other experimental results from aphasia, and findings from functional neuroimaging. Despite the criticism, the picture of the limited role of Broca's area remains unchanged.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 55 - 64
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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