THERE IS NO LANGUAGE INSTINCT
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2007
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| contents | THERE IS NO LANGUAGE INSTINCT Geoffrey Sampson Lengua y Literatura cultural evolution linguistic nativism grammar development Language acquisition This paper examines Steve Pinker’s arguments for the existence of a language instinct encoded in the genes of human beings as an explanation for the human language capacity. The analysis covers Pinker’s own arguments as well as those by Chomsky and by other authors in the nineties. All arguments in favour of a biologically-governed language capacity are refuted to show that, according to available evidence, there is no language instinct. The alternative view, namely, that language is a cultural artefact learned on the basis of a general capacity to formulate and test hypotheses, must be thus the best approach to understand language acquisition. 2007 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478348690002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.52 |
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| spellingShingle | THERE IS NO LANGUAGE INSTINCT Geoffrey Sampson Lengua y Literatura cultural evolution linguistic nativism grammar development Language acquisition THERE IS NO LANGUAGE INSTINCT Geoffrey Sampson Lengua y Literatura cultural evolution linguistic nativism grammar development Language acquisition This paper examines Steve Pinker’s arguments for the existence of a language instinct encoded in the genes of human beings as an explanation for the human language capacity. The analysis covers Pinker’s own arguments as well as those by Chomsky and by other authors in the nineties. All arguments in favour of a biologically-governed language capacity are refuted to show that, according to available evidence, there is no language instinct. The alternative view, namely, that language is a cultural artefact learned on the basis of a general capacity to formulate and test hypotheses, must be thus the best approach to understand language acquisition. 2007 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478348690002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.52 |
| title | THERE IS NO LANGUAGE INSTINCT |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura cultural evolution linguistic nativism grammar development Language acquisition |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478348690002 |