The inheritance and innateness of grammars

Author(s)

• Gopnik, Myrna

Bibliographic Information

The inheritance and innateness of grammars

edited by Myrna Gopnik

（Vancouver studies in cognitive science, v. 6）

Oxford University Press, 1997

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume, the sixth in the Vancouver series based on an annual conference at Simon Fraser University, collects papers that discuss the evidence and arguments regarding the inheritability and innateness of grammars. The evidence - which ranges from babies who are just beginning to learn the properties of their native language, to language-impaired adults who will never learn it - converges to show that whole precursors of language exist in other creatures, the abilities necessary for constructing fully fledged grammars are part of the biological endowment of human beings.

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Details

• NCID: BA31501296
• ISBN:
  • 0195115333
  • 0195115341
• LCCN: 97001876
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 232 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P37.5.I55
  • DC21 : 401
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics)
  • LCSH : Biolinguistics
  • LCSH : Language disorders
  • LCSH : Language acquisition
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Origin
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10483833