Language Learning and Language Universals

This paper explores the role of learning in generative grammar, highlighting interactions between distributional patterns in the environment and the innate structure of the language faculty. Reviewing three case studies, it is shown how learners use their language faculties to leverage the environme...

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Main Author: Jeffrey Lidz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biolinguistics 2010-09-01
Series:Biolinguistics
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Online Access:http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/149