A
mind for language
an introduction to the innateness debate
Hulst, Harry van der
creator
author.
text
bibliography
enk
2023
monographic
eng
x, 583 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"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"--
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.
Harry van der Hulst.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics)
410 HUL
9781108456494
2023016882
DLC
230606
20240730175121.0
23174026
eng