Explorations in the Biology of Language

Sponsored by the Sloan Foundation, the book is the result of collaborative efforts by The MIT Work Group—distinguished scholar in biology, linguistics, psychology, physiology, and medicine.

Preface, Morris Halle and Salvador E. Luria; What Is the Biology of Language? Barbara Von Eckardt Klein; The Linguistic and Psycholinguistic Background, Noam Chomsky and Edward Walker; Inferring Functional Localization from Neurological Evidence, Barbara Von Eckardt Klein; The Linguistic Interpretation of Aphasic Syndromes, Mary-Louise Kean; Accessing the Mental Lexicon, Kenneth I. Forster; A Case Face Recognition, Susan Carey; Current Studies of Animal Communications Paradigms for the Biology of Language, Edward Walker; Some Neurological Techniques for Accessing Localization of Function, David Rosenfield.\