Wallentin, M;
Frith, CD;
(2008)
Language is shaped for social interactions, as well as by the brain.
BEHAV BRAIN SCI
, 31
(5)
536 - 537.
10.1017/S0140525X0800527X.
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Abstract
Language learning is not primarily driven by a motivation to describe invariant features of the world, but rather by a strong force to be a part of the social group, which by definition is not invariant. It is not sufficient for language to be fit for the speaker's perceptual motor system. It must also be fit for social interactions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Language is shaped for social interactions, as well as by the brain |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X0800527X |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0800527X |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2008 Cambridge University Press |
| Keywords: | REPRESENTATION, CORTEX, MEMORY |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/70354 |
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