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Shared circuits in language and communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2008

Simon Garrod  and
Martin J. Pickering
Simon Garrod
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QB, United Kingdom
Martin J. Pickering
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom. [email protected]://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~simon/[email protected]://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/people/martinp/index_html
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Abstract

The target article says surprisingly little about the possible role of shared circuits in language and communication. This commentary considers how they might contribute to linguistic communication, particularly during dialogue. We argue that shared circuits are used to promote alignment between linguistic representations at many levels and to support production-based emulation of linguistic input during comprehension.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 26 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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