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The paper presents evidence for the claim that syntactic processes which are fast, automatic and informationally encapsulated in the adult language system only gradually gain their modular status during development. Findings from a series of behavioral studies demonstrate that the processing status of closed class elements changes is a function of age. It is proposed that this behavioral change is accompanied by a change in the functional brain topography. Results from studies measuring event related brain potentials suggest that it may be the anterior parts of the left hemisphere which subserve these automatic syntactic processes in particular.
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Friederici, D. (1993). Development of Language Relevant Processing Systems: The Emergence of a Cognitive Module. In: de Boysson-Bardies, B., de Schonen, S., Jusczyk, P., McNeilage, P., Morton, J. (eds) Developmental Neurocognition: Speech and Face Processing in the First Year of Life. NATO ASI Series, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8234-6_36
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