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UNINA9910968046903321 |
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Titolo |
What counts as evidence in linguistics : the case of innateness / / edited by Martina Penke, Anette Rosenbach |
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Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007 |
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9786612154652 |
9781282154650 |
1282154656 |
9789027292537 |
9027292531 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Benjamins current topics, , 1874-0081 ; ; v. 7 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PenkeMartina |
RosenbachAnette |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) |
Grammar, Comparative and general |
Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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What Counts as Evidence in Linguistics -- Editorial page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- What counts as evidence in linguistics? An introduction -- Typological evidence and Universal Grammar -- Remarks on the relation between language typology and Universal Grammar. Commentary on Newmeyer -- Does linguistic explanation presuppose linguistic description? -- Remarks on description and explanation in grammar. Commentary on Haspelmath -- Author's response -- From UG to Universals. Linguistic adaptation through iterated learning -- Form, meaning and speakers in the evolution of language. Commentary on Kirby, Smith and Brighton -- Authors' response -- Why assume UG? -- What kind of evidence could refute the UG hypothesis? Commentary onWunderlich -- Author's response. Is there any evidence that refutes the UG hypothesis? -- A question of relevance. Some remarks on standard languages -- The Relevance of Variation. Remarks on Weiß's Standard-Dialect-Problem -- Author's response -- Universals, innateness and explanation in second language |
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acquisition -- 'Internal' versus 'external' universals. Commentary on Eckman -- Author's response. 'External' universals and explanation in SLA -- What counts as evidence in historical linguistics? -- Abstraction and performance. Commentary on Fischer -- Author's response -- Subject index -- The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT). |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What counts as evidence in linguistics? This question is addressed by the contributions to the present volume. Focusing on the innateness debate, what is illustrated is how formal and functional approaches to linguistics have different perspectives on linguistic evidence. |
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