Human Language and Our Reptilian Brain

The Subcortical Bases of Speech, Syntax, and Thought

Philip Lieberman

    Introduction

    1. Functional Neural System

    2. Speech Production and Perception

    3. The Lexicon and Working Memory

    4. The Subcortical Basal Ganglia

    5. The Evolution of the Functional Language System

    6. Commentary

    Notes

    Reference

    Index

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Philip Lieberman is Fred M. Seed Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.