There is no language instinct There is no language instinct
This paper examines Steve Pinker’s arguments for the existence of a language instinct encoded in the genes of human beings as an explanation for the human language capacity. The analysis covers Pinker’s own arguments as well as those by Chomsky and by other authors in the nineties. All arguments in...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2008-10-01
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| Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
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| Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/8076 |