Alice C. Roy

List of John Benjamins publications in which Alice C. Roy is involved.

Articles

Roy, Alice C. and Michael A. Arbib 2007 The syntactic motor system Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates, Liebal, Katja, Cornelia Müller and Simone Pika (eds.), pp. 7–34 | Article

The human brain has mechanisms that can support production and perception of language. We ground the evolution of these mechanisms in primate systems that support manual dexterity, especially the mirror system that integrates execution and observation of hand movements. We relate the motor theory… read more

Roy, Alice C. and Michael A. Arbib 2005 The syntactic motor system Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates, Liebal, Katja, Cornelia Müller and Simone Pika (eds.), pp. 7–37 | Article

The human brain has mechanisms that can support production and perception of language. We ground the evolution of these mechanisms in primate systems that support manual dexterity, especially the mirror system that integrates execution and observation of hand movements. We relate the motor theory… read more