Giorgos P. Argyropoulos
2010
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 3-10, 2010
It has recently been suggested that grammaticalization can be fruitfully explained by the glossogenetic mechanisms for language evolution and historical change. Contrary to this position, it is here argued that the incorporation of grammaticalization processes in the ...MORE ⇓
It has recently been suggested that grammaticalization can be fruitfully explained by the glossogenetic mechanisms for language evolution and historical change. Contrary to this position, it is here argued that the incorporation of grammaticalization processes in the glossogenetic ontology is far from unproblematic.
2008
The subcortical foundations of grammaticalizationPDF
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 10-17, 2008
The present article raises the so far unaddressed question of the neural foundations of the linguistic processes underlying grammaticalization operations. Two fundamental adaptive neurolinguistic mechanisms are presented: The cerebellar-induced Kalman gain reduction in linguistic ...MORE ⇓
The present article raises the so far unaddressed question of the neural foundations of the linguistic processes underlying grammaticalization operations. Two fundamental adaptive neurolinguistic mechanisms are presented: The cerebellar-induced Kalman gain reduction in linguistic processing, and the basal ganglionic re-regulation of cortical unification operations.