Innateness, autonomy, universality? Neurobiological approaches to language
RA Müller - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1996 - cambridge.org
The concepts of the innateness, universality, species-specificity, and autonomy of the human
language capacity have had an extreme impact on the psycholinguistic debate for over thirty …
language capacity have had an extreme impact on the psycholinguistic debate for over thirty …
Passing the buck to biology
DC Dennett - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1980 - cambridge.org
The book from which these sections are excerpted (N. Chomsky, Rules and
Representations, Columbia University Press, 1980) is concerned with the prospects for …
Representations, Columbia University Press, 1980) is concerned with the prospects for …
Language as shaped by the brain
MH Christiansen, N Chater - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2008 - cambridge.org
It is widely assumed that human learning and the structure of human languages are
intimately related. This relationship is frequently suggested to derive from a language …
intimately related. This relationship is frequently suggested to derive from a language …
Language as ergonomic perfection
M Piattelli-Palmarini, R Hancock… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Christiansen & Chater (C&C) have taken the interactionist approach to linguistic universals
to an extreme, adopting the metaphor of language as an organism. This metaphor adds no …
to an extreme, adopting the metaphor of language as an organism. This metaphor adds no …
Précis of foundations of language: Brain, meaning, grammar, evolution
R Jackendoff - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2003 - cambridge.org
The goal of this study is to reintegrate the theory of generative grammar into the cognitive
sciences. Generative grammar was right to focus on the child's acquisition of language as its …
sciences. Generative grammar was right to focus on the child's acquisition of language as its …
Two quibbles about analyticity and psychological reality
G Harman - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1980 - cambridge.org
The book from which these sections are excerpted (N. Chomsky, Rules and
Representations, Columbia University Press, 1980) is concerned with the prospects for …
Representations, Columbia University Press, 1980) is concerned with the prospects for …
Brains evolution and neurolinguistic preconditions
WK Wilkins, J Wakefield - Behavioral and brain sciences, 1995 - cambridge.org
This target article presents a plausible evolutionary scenario for the emergence of the neural
preconditions for language in the hominid lineage. In pleistocene primate lineages there …
preconditions for language in the hominid lineage. In pleistocene primate lineages there …
Universal grammar is dead
M Tomasello - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2009 - cambridge.org
The idea of a biologically evolved, universal grammar with linguistic content is a myth,
perpetuated by three spurious explanatory strategies of generative linguists. To make …
perpetuated by three spurious explanatory strategies of generative linguists. To make …
Toward an adaptationist psycholinguistics
J Tooby, L Cosmides - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1990 - cambridge.org
Abstracts Many people have argued that the evolution of the human language faculty cannot
be explained by Darwinian natural selection. Chomsky and Gould have suggested that …
be explained by Darwinian natural selection. Chomsky and Gould have suggested that …
Welcome to functionalism
E Bates, B MacWhinney - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1990 - cambridge.org
Abstracts Many people have argued that the evolution of the human language faculty cannot
be explained by Darwinian natural selection. Chomsky and Gould have suggested that …
be explained by Darwinian natural selection. Chomsky and Gould have suggested that …