02056cam a22003258i 4500 19575 19575 23174026 OSt 20240730175121.0 230606s2023 enk b 001 0 eng 2023016882 9781108456494 (paperback) DLC eng rda DLC pcc 410 HUL 23/eng/20230629 Hulst, Harry van der, author. A mind for language : an introduction to the innateness debate / Harry van der Hulst. 2308 Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. x, 583 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics) 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc RFT 0 0 ddc 0 0 R-16/3 AIISH AIISH 2024-07-30 0 410 HUL 23701 2024-07-30 00:00:00 2024-07-30 RFT 0 0 ddc 0 0 35/2 AIISH AIISH 2024-07-30 0 410 HUL;1 23702 2024-07-30 00:00:00 2024-07-30 STS