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For speaking, words in the lexicon are somehow activated from conceptual representations but we know surprisingly little about how this works precisely. Which of the attributes of the concept DOG (e.g. BARKS, IS WALKED WITH A LEASH, CARNIVORE, ANIMATE) have to be activated in a given situation to be able to select the word ‘dog’? Are there things we know about dogs that are always activated for naming and others that are only activated in certain contexts or even never? To date, investigations on lexical access in speaking have largely focused on the effects of distractor nouns on the naming latency of a target noun. We have learned that distractors from the same semantic category (e.g. ‘cat’) hinder naming, but associatively related distractors (‘leash’) may facilitate or hinder naming. However, associatively related words can have all kinds of semantic relationships to a target word, and, with few exceptions, the effects of specific semantic relationships other than membership in the same category as the target concept have not been systematically investigated. This special issue aims at moving forward towards a more detailed account of how precisely conceptual information is used to access the lexicon in speaking and what corresponding format of conceptual representations needs to be assumed.

conceptual representations --- concepts --- word production --- Language production --- semantic semantics --- semantic distracters

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This volume highlights new avenues of research in the language sciences, and particularly, in the neurobiology of language. The term “language-ready brain” stresses, on the one hand, the importance of a brain-based description of our species’ linguistic capacity, and, on the other, the need to appreciate the crucial role culture plays in shaping the linguistic systems children acquire and adults use. For this reason, the focus is not put on language per se, but on our learning biases and cognitive pre-dispositions toward language. Both brain and culture are considered at two crucial levels of inquiry: phylogeny and ontogeny. In a fast-growing field like the language sciences and specifically, language evolution studies, this book has tried to capture several of the most exciting topics explored currently, sowing seeds for future investigations.

globularization --- phonology --- brain oscillations --- Brain asymmetry --- language development --- merge --- Speech --- Language production --- language-readiness --- temporal attention --- Retinoic acid --- Communication --- globularization --- phonology --- brain oscillations --- Brain asymmetry --- language development --- merge --- Speech --- Language production --- language-readiness --- temporal attention --- Retinoic acid --- Communication

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This volume highlights new avenues of research in the language sciences, and particularly, in the neurobiology of language. The term “language-ready brain” stresses, on the one hand, the importance of a brain-based description of our species’ linguistic capacity, and, on the other, the need to appreciate the crucial role culture plays in shaping the linguistic systems children acquire and adults use. For this reason, the focus is not put on language per se, but on our learning biases and cognitive pre-dispositions toward language. Both brain and culture are considered at two crucial levels of inquiry: phylogeny and ontogeny. In a fast-growing field like the language sciences and specifically, language evolution studies, this book has tried to capture several of the most exciting topics explored currently, sowing seeds for future investigations.

globularization --- phonology --- brain oscillations --- Brain asymmetry --- language development --- merge --- Speech --- Language production --- language-readiness --- temporal attention --- Retinoic acid --- Communication

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Psycholinguistics --- Psycholinguistique --- READING DEVELOPMENT -- 612.81 --- WORD RECOGNITION -- 612.81 --- LANGUAGE PRODUCTION -- 612.81 --- Psycholinguistics. --- Språkpsykologi. --- Language, Psychology of --- Language and languages --- Psychology of language --- Speech --- Psychological aspects --- Psychology --- Linguistics --- Thought and thinking --- Langage