Cortico-cortical and cortico-cerebellar computations in language change

Citation

Argyropoulos G (2012) Cortico-cortical and cortico-cerebellar computations in language change. In: Scott-Phillips TC, Tamariz M, Cartmill EA & Hurford JR (eds.) The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference (EVOLANG9). 9th International Conference (EVOLANG9), Kyoto, Japan, 13.03.2012-16.03.2012. World Scientific, pp. 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814401500_0002

Abstract
The computations performed by cortico-cortical and cortico-cerebellar circuits are argued to support psycholinguistic mechanisms underlying distinct types of language change. Associative cortico-cerebellar computations participate in idiomatization, coalescence, and metonymic inferencing, while categorical cortico-cortical ones underlie schematization, analogical reanalysis, and metaphorical extension. The paper contributes to the much-needed construction of a neurolinguistics of language change.