title: Arguments in the syntactic straitjacket.
abstract: While the search for the neural basis of the language of thought is a laudable enterprise, and the article by Hurford a valiant first attempt, we argue that in investigating the argument structure of natural language it will ultimately prove more fruitful to consider the restrictions forced on the system by its inherently syntactic character.
authors.affiliation: Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0028 massimo@u.arizona.edu hharley@u.arizona.edu http://w3.arizona.edu/~ling/hh/
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piattelli-Palmarini
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harley