1. Language, Mind, and Brain by Ewa Dabrowska
Chapter 1: Introduction

2. Separate or Accountable?
Q: Why does the author take issue with certain developments in linguistic theory?

3. Separate or Accountable?
Q: Why does the author take issue with certain developments in linguistic theory?
A: Because some theories assume that linguistic cognition is separate from other parts of human cognition, and are therefore not held accountable for what is known about the biology and psychology of the brain and mind.

4. Linguistic data
Q: Why does the author take issue with the attitude of some linguists toward empirical data?

5. Linguistic data
Q: Why does the author take issue with the attitude of some linguists toward empirical data?
A: Some linguists value theory over data and focus on phenomena that are marginal, although it is possible to learn a great deal from corpus data.

6. Corpus data
Q: What is a corpus?

7. Corpus data Q: What is a corpus?
A: A corpus is a collection of unelicited natural language representing a balance of genres. Many corpora (British National Corpus, Russian National Corpus, with about 100 million words each) are available on-line with advanced search engines to facilitate linguistic research.