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It takes two to talk: A second-person neuroscience approach to language learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2013

Supriya Syal  and
Adam K. Anderson
Supriya Syal
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3G3 ON, Canada. supriya.syal@utoronto.ca anderson@psych.utoronto.ca
Adam K. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3G3 ON, Canada. supriya.syal@utoronto.ca anderson@psych.utoronto.ca
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Abstract

Language is a social act. We have previously argued that language remains embedded in sociality because the motivation to communicate exists only within a social context. Schilbach et al. underscore the importance of studying linguistic behavior from within the motivated, socially interactive frame in which it is learnt and used, as well as provide testable hypotheses for a participatory, second-person neuroscience approach to language learning.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 439 - 440
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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