Hulst, Harry van der, <br/><br/>
A mind for language :  an introduction to the innateness debate / 
Harry van der Hulst. 
 - x, 583 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>I. Introduction; 1. What this book is about; II. The never-ending debate; 2. The innateness hypothesis; 3. Philosophy of mind; 4. Cognitive science; 5. Modularity; III. The mental grammar, language universals and language change; 6. The organization of the mental grammar; 7. Language universals; 8. Language change; IV. Language acquisition; 9. Language acquisition: the road from input to mental grammar; 10. Stages of language acquisition; 11. Critical period effects; 12. How children create new languages; V. Language in a different modality; 13. Sign languages; VI. Winding up; 14. Evaluating the arguments: a forum discussion. 
<br/><br/> "Illustrated with real-life examples throughout, this book provides a complete introduction to one of the most fundamental question about what it means to be human: how does human language arise in the mind? Theory is explained in an easy-to-understand way, making it accessible for students without a background in linguistics"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781108456494 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2023016882 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>410 HUL