In this article we do two things: in the first half, we trace the emergence and development of
ecological linguistics, or ecolinguistics, from the early 1970s. Having contrasted the …

Does “the motor system” play “a role” in speech perception? If so, where, how, and when?
We conducted a systematic review that addresses these questions using both qualitative …

This book presents a radical reconceptualization of the nature of linguistic knowledge. John
Taylor challenges the conventional notion that a language can be understood in terms of the …

Distributed language BENJAMINS CURRENT T OPICS D istributed Language Stephen J.
Cowley (ed.) 34 Page 2 Distributed Language Page 3 Volume 34 Distributed Language Edited …

The precise role of the human auditory cortex in representing speech sounds and
transforming them to meaning is not yet fully understood. Here we used intracranial …

Linguists tend to view language in terms of forms and their use. For historical reasons,
speaking and listening are often ascribed to knowledge of a language system. Language …

Over the past 30 years hemispheric asymmetries in speech perception have been construed
within a domain-general framework, according to which preferential processing of speech is …

This chapter contrasts a distributed perspective on language with how Andy Clark applies
the Extended Mind Hypothesis to language in Supersizing the Mind (2008). While …

Tampereen murretta käsittelevässä tutkimuksessa tarkasteltiin 30 syntyperäisen
tamperelaispuhujan idiolektin eli heidän yksilöllisen kielimuotonsa vaihtelua ja muuttumista …

Phonemes play a central role in traditional theories as units of speech perception and
access codes to lexical representations. Phonemes have two essential properties: they are …