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Arguments in the syntactic straitjacket

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2004

Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini  and
Heidi Harley
Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0028 massimo@u.arizona.edu hharley@u.arizona.edu http://w3.arizona.edu/~ling/hh/
Heidi Harley
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0028 massimo@u.arizona.edu hharley@u.arizona.edu http://w3.arizona.edu/~ling/hh/
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Abstract

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While the search for the neural basis of the language of thought is a laudable enterprise, and the article by Hurford a valiant first attempt, we argue that in investigating the argument structure of natural language it will ultimately prove more fruitful to consider the restrictions forced on the system by its inherently syntactic character.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2003 , pp. 297 - 298
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press