Recent Findings on the Biological bases of Language

Bu çalışma, son zamanlarda dilin biyolojik temelleri üzerine yapılan araştırmaları inceleyerek bu konuda gelinen noktaları Türkçe'den de örnekler vererek üç temel başlık altında sunmaktadır. Çalışmada incelenen konular şunlardır: i. dilin doğuştan olduğu varsayılan yapısı ve dil için Önerilen genetik sınırlamaların yalnızca dile özgü olup olmadığı, ii. erken dil edinimi sürecinde sesin algılanması ve ezginin dilleri birbirinden ayırmada ve ana dile ilişkin sözdizimsel yapıları belirlemede oynadığı rol, iii. dilin diğer bilişsel yetilerden ne ölçüde ayrıldığı ve araştırma bulgularının beyinde kendine özgü bir dil alanı açısından ne gösterdiği. Bu çalışmalar ışığında, özellikle dilin ses yapısının edinimi ve dil özürleri konularında Türkçe üzerine yapılacak araştırmalar, insanlığın belki de en önemli edinimi olan dilin biyolojik temellerinin daha iyi anlaşılmasına katkıda bulunacaktır.

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