An Evaluation of Universal Grammar and the Phonological Mind

The article begins by reviewing the history of views of the sources of language and moves on to underscore problems with the man-in-a-can view of language, one way that Universal Grammar might be characterized. It moves then to a detailed consideration of the problems that a language without recursi...

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Main Author: Daniel L. Everett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00015/full