Viable Syntax: Rethinking Minimalist Architecture

Hauser et al. (2002) suggest that the human language faculty emerged as a genetic innovation in the form of what is called here a ‘keystone factor’—a single, simple, formal mental capability that, interacting with the pre-existing faculties of hominid ancestors, caused a cascade of effects resulting...

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Main Author: Ken Safir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biolinguistics 2010-03-01
Series:Biolinguistics
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Online Access:http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/114