Inheritance and Innateness of Grammars

Zusatztext This is an important and though-provoking volume of papers for linguists who are looking for experimental data in relation to the claim of innateness. Klappentext This volume, the sixth in the Vancouver series based on an annual conference at Simon Fraser University, collects papers that discuss the evidence and arguments regarding the inheritability and innateness of grammars. The evidence - which ranges from babies who are just beginning to learn the properties of their native language, to language-impaired adults who will never learn it - converges to show that whole precursors of language exist in other creatures, the abilities necessary for constructing fully fledged grammars are part of the biological endowment of human beings. Zusammenfassung Based on an annual conference at Simon Fraser University, this volume collects together papers that discuss the evidence and arguments regarding the inheritability and innateness of grammar, and shows that whole precursors of language exist in other creatures. In the VANCOUVER STUDIES IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE series.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Myrna Gopnik, Myrna (Professor of Linguistics Gopnik
• Con la collaborazione di: Myrna Gopnik (Editore), Gopnik Myrna (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.1997
• EAN: 9780195115345
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511534-5
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: New Directions in Cognitive Science (formerly Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science); Vancouver Studies in Cognitive; New Directions in Cognitive Science (formerly Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science); New Directions in Cognitive Science
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Philosophy of Language, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, PHILOSOPHY / Language, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Language acquisition