哈佛大学心理学系斯蒂芬.平克出版了《大脑是如何工作的?》一书,书中阐释了他对大脑与语言研究的计算理论,专门化理论,外展论和进化论。新泽西州立大学心理学系杰里.福德出版了他的《大脑不是那样工作的》一书对平克的理论观点进行了反驳。两位心理语言学家针锋相对的争论引发了一个大论题,对认知语言学,计算心理语言学,认知心理学和进化心理学的交叉学科研究产生了巨大的震动和积极的影响。 Stephen Pinker, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, published “How Does the Brain Work?”, Which explains his computational theory, specialization theory, outreach theory, and evolutionary theory of brain and language research. Jenny Fode, a psychology student at NJU, published his book, “The Brain Does not Work That Way,” which defied Pink’s theory. The confrontational debate between the two psycholinguists led to a major debate that has generated tremendous vibrations and positive influences on interdisciplinary research in cognitive linguistics, computational psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology and evolutionary psychology.