Oscillatory Nature of Language

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Theory and praxis; 2. Brain dynamics of language; 3. A neural code for language; 4. Conclusions and future directions; Glossary.

About the author

Elliot Murphy is a Research Associate at the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, at the Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies. He has published widely on the neurobiology of syntax, language evolution, and current topics in semantics, pragmatics and philosophy.

Summary

This book contains a state-of-the-art review of current topics in neurolinguistics and provides the first full-length treatment of the relationship between language and neural oscillations. It develops an innovative framework for capturing neural behaviour. It will interest students and researchers concerned with how the brain processes language.

Product details

• Authors: Elliot Murphy, Elliot (University College London) Murphy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2023
• EAN: 9781108818889
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81888-9
• No. of pages: 335
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Psycholinguistics, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Genetics (non-medical), Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics