title: Language: specifying the site of modality-independent meaning.
abstract: Language processing can be triggered by auditory, visual or somatosensory input. A recent study has provided new insight into a fundamental issue raised by this observation: how is knowledge of language implemented in the human brain such that speakers can use any type of sensory-motor input-output system for comprehension and production?
authors.affiliation: Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA. dpoeppel@umd.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poeppel
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception