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Language, mathematics, and cerebral distinctness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

William O'Grady
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 ogrady@hawaii.edu

Abstract

The cerebral distinctness of the linguistic and mathematical faculties does not entail their functional independence. Approaches to language that posit a common foundation for the two make claims about design features, not location, and are thus not affected by the finding that one ability can be spared by a neurological accident that compromises the other.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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