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brain, Meaning, Grammar, evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2003

Michael A. Arbib*
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, Neuroscience Program, and USC Brain Project, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520 http://www-hbp.usc.edu/
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I reject Jackendoff's view of Universal Grammar as something that evolved biologically but applaud his integration of blackboard architectures. I thus recall the HEARSAY speech understanding system—the AI system that introduced the concept of “blackboard”—to provide another perspective on Jackendoff's architecture.

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