The Inheritance and Innateness of Grammars

Myrna Gopnik editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:21st May '98

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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.

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. * Notes on Linguistics *

ISBN: 9780195115345

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm

Weight: 361g

240 pages