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Universals in cognitive theories of language
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 32 (5):468 (2009)
Abstract
Generative linguistics' search for linguistic universals (1) is not comparable to the vague explanatory suggestions of the article; (2) clearly merits a more central place than linguistic typology in cognitive science; (3) is fundamentally untouched by the article's empirical arguments; (4) best explains the important facts of linguistic diversity; and (5) illuminates the dominant component of language's nature: biology.Links
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What exactly is Universal Grammar, and has anyone seen it?Ewa Dąbrowska - 2015 - Frontiers in Psychology 6.
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