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Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension by Dronkers, Nina F, Wilkins, David P, Van Valin, Robert D, Redfern, Brenda B, Jaeger, Jeri J

“…The cortical regions of the brain traditionally associated with the comprehension of language are Wernicke's area and Broca's area. However, recent evidence…”
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An Introduction to Syntax by Valin, Jr, Robert D. van

“…This comprehensive 2001 textbook is an engaging introduction to syntax. Clearly organized and accessible, it provides students with a thorough grounding in the…”
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A Positron Emission Tomographic Study of Regular and Irregular Verb Morphology in English by Jaeger, Jeri J., Lockwood, Alan H., Kemmerer, David L., van Valin, Robert D., Murphy, Brian W., Khalak, Hanif G.

“…Theories about the representation and processing of regular and irregular past tense forms of verbs in English have disagreed as to whether they should be…”
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Semantic Parameters of Split Intransitivity by van Valin, Robert D.

“…Split intransitivity has been an important issue in syntactic theory since the postulation of the Unaccusative Hypothesis in Relational Grammar in Perlmutter…”
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The development of subject-auxiliary inversion in English wh-questions: an alternative analysis by Van Valin, Jr, Robert D

“…Rowland & Pine (2000) present an analysis of the development of subject-auxiliary inversion in wh-questions in the speech of Adam from the Brown corpus. They…”
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Yaqui and the analysis of primary object languages by GUERRERO, Lilian, VAN VALIN, Robert D

“…The central topic of this study is to investigate three- & four-place predicates in Yaqui, which are characterized by having multiple object arguments. As with…”
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Response to Seidenberg and Hoeffner by Jaeger, Jeri J., van Valin, Robert D., Lockwood, Alan H.

“…Jaeger et al respond to criticisms by Mark Seidenberg and James Hoeffner about their PET study of regular and irregular verb morphology in English…”
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Another Look At icelandic Case Marking and Grammatical Relations by Van Valin, Robert D.

“…The phenomenon of 'quirky' case in Icelandic and the syntactic status of NPs bearing 'quirky' case has been the subject of much discussion in contemporary…”
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An Empty Category as the Subject of a Tensed S in English by Van Valin, Robert D.

“…Government & binding theories have frequently stated that Eng cannot have an empty category (EC) as the subject of a tensed clause (eg, *That e was arrested…”
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Sex differences in brain regions activated by grammatical and reading tasks by Jaeger, Jeri J, Lockwood, Alan H, Van Valin, Robert D, Kemmerer, David L, Murphy, Brian W, Wack, David S

“…DO the brains of men and women show similar patterns of functional organization for language, or are men more strongly lateralized? We used PET to measure…”
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Yaqui and the Analysis of Primary Object Languages1 by Guerrero, Lilián, Van Valin, Jr, Robert D.

“…The central topic of this study is to investigate three and fourplace predicate in Yaqui, which are characterized by having multiple object arguments. As with…”
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An introduction to syntax by Robert D. van Valin, Jr

“…This comprehensive textbook is an engaging introduction to syntax. Clearly organized and accessible, it provides students with a thorough grounding in the…”
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Constructions at Work: The Nature of Generalization in Language by Van Valin, Robert D.

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Syntactic Categories and Grammatical Relations: The Cognitive Organization of Information by van Valin, Robert D.

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The Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Three-Place Predicates by Van Valin, Robert D

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The Role of Government in the Grammar of Head-Marking Languages by Van Valin, Robert D.

“…Recent typological work has identified a fundamental contrast between langs in which relations between a head & a dependent are coded on the dependent…”
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The Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Three Place Predicates by Van Valin, Robert D , Jr

“…This paper presents the Role & Reference Grammar [RRG] (Van Valin 2005) analysis of three-place predicates. RRG takes a primarily lexical approach to the…”
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THE RUSSIAN PARTICLE-CONNECTIVE ŽE: ITS USE AND ORIGIN by Van Valin, Robert D.

“…In modern Russian, the particle-connective ze has two general & distinct functions: (1) intensification-emphasis, & (2) conjunction-opposition. These functions…”
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Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension: Towards a new functional anatomy of language by DRONKERS, Nina F, WILKINS, David P, VAN VALIN, Robert D, REDFERN, Brenda B, JAEGER, Jeri J

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Initial Consonant Clusters in Yateé Zapotec by Jaeger, Jeri J., Van Valin, Robert D.

“…Zapotecan languages exhibit phonologically interesting features. The cons cluster system of some Zapotec dialects is outlined & discussed relative to J…”
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