?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=IMITATION+IN+LANGUAGE+AND+SPEECH+%0ARoles+and+functional+base+%0A&rft.creator=Allott%2C+Robin&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.description=Language+is+a+skilled+activity.+In+the+development+and+acquisition+of+the+skill%2C+imitation+may+play+different+roles.+Imitation+in+language+may+be+related+to+and+throw+light+on+the+role+and+functioning+of+imitation+in+other+areas+including+imitation+in+robotics.+What+part+does+imitation+play+in+the+child%E2%80%99s+acquisition+of+its+mother+language%3F+What+role+did+imitation+play+in+the+evolutionary+origin+and+diversification+of+language%3F+How+much+has+imitation+to+do+with+the+sources+of+the+words+we+use+and+the+ways+those+words+are+put+together%3F+These+questions+can+be+considered+at+different+levels%2C+the+surface+forms+of+language+and+speech%2C+the+underlying+systematicies+of+language+and+speech%2C+the+problem+of+speech+at+the+articulatory+level+and+beyond+or+beneath+that+the+problem+of+the+functioning+of+imitation+at+the+neural+level.+Imitation+of+any+kind+involves+a+relation+between+motor+and+perceptual+functioning%2C+between+the+motor+system+of+the+brain+and+the+visual+and+other+sensory+systems.+Language+and+speech+also+require+interaction+and+coordination+between+motor+activity+and+perceptual+activity.+The+role+and+functioning+of+imitation+in+language+and+speech+are+subjects+of+study+in+many+different+disciplines%2C+not+only+linguistics+proper+but+also+child+development%2C+neurology%2C+evolutionary+theory%2C+social+psychology.+A+central+idea+in+this+paper+is+a+new+emphasis+on+the+bodily+basis+of+language+in+relation+to+imitated+speech+and+gesture%2C+and+more+specifically+on+cerebral+motor+organisation+as+providing+a+possible+new+approach+to+the+symbol-grounding+problem.+&rft.publisher=AISB&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3111%2F1%2Fimitation.htm&rft.identifier=++Allott%2C+Robin++(2003)+IMITATION+IN+LANGUAGE+AND+SPEECH+Roles+and+functional+base.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3111%2F