From natural language to drum language

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. I: Semantic Variations and Invariance: Cognitive Issues
5. Diversity in linguistic representations 3
6. Cognitive invariants and linguistic variability 21
7. Subjectivity, invariance, and the development of forms in the construction of linguistic representations 37
8. Language evolution and semantic representations 53
9. II: Conceptualization and Representations of Space across Languages
10. Spatial orientation in some Austronesian languages 73
11. Language space and sociolect 85
12. Localization and predication 107
13. The expression of spatial relations and the spatialization of semantic relations in French Sign Language 123
14. III: Language Activity: From Linguistic to Cognitive Processes
15. From natural language to drum language 145
16. Electrical signs of language in the brain 159
17. Linguistic variations and cognitive constraints in the processing and acquisition of language 179
18. Universal vs. language-specific constraints in agrammatic aphasia. Is comparatism back? 195
19. Schizophasia and cognitive dysfunction 209
20. Index
21. Subject index 221
22. Author index 225
23. Language index 228