Neurolinguistics Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

I The Prehistory of Linguistics.- 1: Early Beginnings.- The Birth of Written Tradition.- New Beginnings in Greece.- A Unifying Vision of Man and the World.- Notes.- 2: Observation and Theory: Reciprocal Influences.- The Data of Perception.- Speculative Views.- Observation and Theory in the Clinical Context.- Notes.- 3: Emergence of Major Themes.- Galen's New Synthesis.- The Innateness Hypothesis.- The Heart versus the Brain.- Notes.- II The Mythology of Body and Mind.- 1: Language as a Determinant of Perception.- Imaginary Anatomy.- Imaginary Localizations.- Magical Speech.- Notes.- 2: Paths of Seeing.- From Terms to Objects: A Shift of Focus.- The Limits of Reason.- The Beginnings of Objectivity.- Notes.- 3: Language as a Physical Object.- The Search for a Physical Theory of Speech.- The Search for a Physical Theory of Language.- The Physical Reality of the Speaker.- Notes.- III From the Realm of Words to the Realm of Objects.- 1: The Body as an Object of Knowledge.- Eye and Instrument.- The Brain Explored.- The Electrical Model.- Notes.- 2: Institutionalizing Deviance.- Abnormal or Absent Speech.- Defective Discourse.- Emerging Concepts of Pathology.- Notes.- 3: Illusions of Science.- The Search for Localizations.- Pathology as a Means of Knowledge.- The Brain Rediscovered.- Notes.- IV The Birth of Neurolinguistics.- 1: The Broca Era.- The Myth of the Third Left Frontal Convolution.- The Search for Aphasia.- Emergence of Key Concepts.- Notes.- 2: Language as an Object of Science.- The Emergence of Theories of Language.- The Neurophysiological Aspect of Language Theories.- New Perspectives on Impaired Discourse.- Notes.- 3: Neurolinguistic Discourse.- The Brain and Language Today.- Constant Themes.- Epistemological Considerations.- Notes.