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Is syntax a representation in itself?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2003

Maritza Rivera-Gaxiola
Affiliation:
Speech and Hearing Sciences Department, Center for Mind, Brain and Learning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98119 rivegaxi@u.washington.edu jfsp@u.washington.edu
Juan Felipe Silva-Pereyra
Affiliation:
Speech and Hearing Sciences Department, Center for Mind, Brain and Learning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98119 rivegaxi@u.washington.edu jfsp@u.washington.edu

Abstract

We address the issue of the nature of representations during development regarding language acquisition. The controversy of syntax as a process or operation for representation formation and syntax as a representation in itself is discussed. Eliminating the cognitive unconscious does not warrant a simplified, more parsimonious approach to human cognition in general.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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