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The concept of #language was modeled more and more after those emerging from interactions with computers, the “computer languages.” It is clear that the syntax of these languages must be obeyed meticulously, otherwise ‘‘garbage in - garbage out.”
Unfortunately, under the leadership of one of the foremost linguists in America, Noam Chomsky, the logico-mathematical principle of fulfilling rigorous #syntactic requirements in so-called “well-formed formulae” was transplanted into the domain of natural languages and became a criterion for “linguistic competence.” This aspect of language ignores the essential role as a means of #communication and perceives language as an end in itself. It is in this castrated form that one believes language is “linear,” that questions have unique answers, that the linguistic problem is to generate “well-formed sentences,” and other misconceptions that have their roots in perceiving language as a monologue.

Spotted "inventor extraordinary" rather than "inventor extraordinaire" in #Spiderman c1965. I was quite surprised to see there was a shift to the latter in American #literature and that it was relatively recent (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=inventor+extraordinaire%2Cinventor+extraordinary&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=28&smoothing=3). Interesting case of #syntactic #borrowing where the #lexical borrowing lagged behind the post-nominal placement.

#languagechange #languagevariation #languagecontact #syntax #Marvel #comics

Spotted "inventor extraordinary" rather than "inventor extraordinaire" in #Spiderman c1965. I was quite surprised to see there was a shift to the latter in American #literature and that it was relatively recent (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=inventor+extraordinaire%2Cinventor+extraordinary&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=28&smoothing=3). Seems like a good example of #syntactic #borrowing via #lexical borrowing given the post-nominal placement but dropping the #French form.

#languagechange #languagevariation #languagecontact #syntax #Marvel #comics

Our TMS-EEG study is now out🎉! We show that #TMS over #Broca's area does not interfere with #syntactic #prediction 🧠, and we suggest a role of this region in bottom-up syntactic operations.

Big thanks to all the co-authors for the great team effort✨!

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.968836

#TMS #EEG #neurolinguistics #syntax