He emphasized the role of representation in understanding the mind, stating, for instance that "the primary goal of neurolinguistics can be simply stated: the discipline seeks to understand the form of representation of language in the human brain" (1977 p. 127).
In his discussion, he stressed the role of representation in understanding the mind and stated, "the primary objective of neurolinguistics is to understand how language is represented in the brain" (1977, page 127).