The inheritance and innateness of grammars / edited by Myrna Gopnik.

Contributor(s):

Gopnik, Myrna

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Vancouver studies in cognitive science ; v. 6.Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1602562113
9781602562110
9780195354003
0195354001
9780195115345
0195115341
9786610469994
6610469997
1280469994
9781280469992
0195115333
9780195115338

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Inheritance and innateness of grammars.DDC classification:

401 21

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P37.5.I55 I54 1997eb

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Contents:

Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Evolution, Nativism and Learning in the Development of Language and Speech; 3. In the Beginning: On the Genetic and Environmental Factors that Make Early Language Acquisition Possible; 4. Exploring Innateness through Cultural and Linguistic Variation; 5. Epidemiology of Specific Language Impairment; 6. The Biological Basis of Language: Familial Language Impairment; 7. The Grammatical Agreement Deficit in Specific Language Impairment: Evidence from Therapy Experiments; 8. Specific Language Impairment, Cognition and the Biological Basis of Language.

Summary: Based on an annual conference at Simon Fraser University, this volume collects together papers that discuss the evidence and arguments regarding the inheritability and innateness of grammar, and shows that whole precursors of language exist in other creatures. In the VANCOUVER STUDIES IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE series.

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Based on an annual conference at Simon Fraser University, this volume collects together papers that discuss the evidence and arguments regarding the inheritability and innateness of grammar, and shows that whole precursors of language exist in other creatures. In the VANCOUVER STUDIES IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE series.