According to Corballis's (1991)The Lopsided Ape,the left hemisphere is specialized to generate complex representations from a small vocabulary of primitive units,such as phonemes,articulatory gestures,or words.This left-hemisphere mechanism is called the
A)general speech processor (GSP).
B)generative assembling device (GAD).
C)hierarchical structure device (HSD).
D)language acquisition device (LAD).

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The left-hemisphere mechanism described by Corballis is called the generative assembling device (GAD), which is specialized for generating complex representations from primitive units.

According to Corballis's (1991)The Lopsided Ape,the Left Hemisphere Is Specialized