The Minimalist Program and the Origin of Language: A View From Paleoanthropology
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00677
Abstract: In arguing that articulate language is underpinned by an algorithmically simple neural operation, the Minimalist Program (MP) retrodicts that language emerged in a short-term event. Because spoken language leaves no physical traces, its ancient use… read more here.
Keywords: language view; program origin; language; origin language ... See more keywords
A Simplex Model of Long Pathways in the Brain Related to the Minimalist Program in Linguistics
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DOI: 10.3390/sym17020207
Abstract: Marcolli, Chomsky, and Berwick described the minimalist program, proposed by Chomsky in generative linguistics, as an algebra of binary trees in an analogy of quantum physics on Feynman diagrams. In this paper, we proposed another… read more here.
Keywords: brain; linguistics; model; minimalist program ... See more keywords