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Universal grammar is dead
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Tomasello, Michael |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | The idea of a biologically evolved, universal grammar with linguistic content is a myth, perpetuated by three spurious explanatory strategies of generative linguists. To make progress in understanding human linguistic competence, cognitive scientists must abandon the idea of an innate universal grammar and instead try to build theories that explain both linguistic universals and diversity and how they emerge. |
| Related Links | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/AE4769F21D2647E7840E585075635609/S0140525X09990744a.pdf/div-class-title-universal-grammar-is-dead-div.pdf |
| Ending Page | 471 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| Starting Page | 470 |
| ISSN | 0140525X |
| e-ISSN | 14691825 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0140525x09990744 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Volume Number | 32 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2009-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Behavioral and Brain Sciences History and Philosophy of Science Universal Grammar |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Physiology Behavioral Neuroscience Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology |