Review of Evans (2014) : the language myth: why language is not an instinct
This book takes on the question of whether a child’s language acquisition depends on an innate informationally-encapsulated language module in the brain, essentially hard-wired grammar, or depends on general cognitive mechanisms. The former view was presented to a lay audience by Stephen Pinker in...
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Main Author: | LaPolla, Randy J. |
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Other Authors: | School of Humanities |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145761 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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