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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Symmetry (Breaking) In Syntax
Section 1: Inversion and Clause Structure
Section 1.1: Copular Syntax
1. Toward a Unified Theory of Copular Sentences
2. Elements of Copular Syntax
3. Copular Sentences
4. Existential Sentences and Expletive There
5. A Short History of Be
Section 1.2: Symmetry, Movement and Locality in Syntax
6. Heads as Antecedents: A Brief History of the ECP
7. Dynamic Antisymmetry: Movement as a Symmetry-Breaking Phenomenon
8. Linear Compression as a Trigger for Movement
9. Rethinking Symmetry: A Note on Labeling and the EPP
Section 2: Clause Structure Folding and Other Left Periphery Issues
10. Clause Structure Folding and the “Wh-in-Situ Effect”
11. Notes on Vocative Case: A Case Study in Clause Structure
Part II: The Boundaries of Babel: How the Brain Shapes Grammars
Section 1: Syntax in the Brain
12. Syntax and the Brain: Disentangling Grammar by Selective Anomalies
13. The Neural Cost of the Auditory Perception of Language Switches: An Event-Related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study in Bilinguals
Section 2: Impossible Languages
14. Neural Correlates for the Acquisition of Natural Language Syntax
15. Broca’s Area and the Language Instinct
16. Syntax without Language: Neurobiological Evidence for Cross-Domain Syntactic Computations
Section 3: How Much World is there in the Language?
17. Negation in the Brain: Modulating Action Representations
18. Can Syntax Appear in a Mirror (System)?
19. “Kataptation” or the QWERTY Effect in Language Evolution
20. A Closer Look at the Turtle’s Eyes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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