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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Biolinguistics
2010-03-01
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Online Access: | http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/114 |