The 'language instinct' debate [[electronic resource] /] / Geoffrey Sampson ; with a foreword by Paul M. Postal

• Autore: Sampson Geoffrey <1944->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2005
• Edizione: Rev. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 401
• Soggetto topico: Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics); Language and languages - Philosophy; Creativity (Linguistics)
• Altri autori: PostalPaul M SampsonGeoffrey
• Note generali: First published as Educating Eve, 1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Culture or Biology?; 2. The Original Arguments for a Language Instinct; 3. How People Really Speak; 4. The Debate Renewed; 5. Language Structure Turns Queen's Evidence; 6. The Creative Mind; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: When it was first published in 1997, Geoffrey Sampson's Educating Eve was described as the definitive response to Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct and Noam Chomsky's nativism. In this revised and expanded new edition, Sampson revisits his original arguments in the light of fresh evidence that has emerged since the original publication. Since Chomsky revolutionized the study of language in the 1960's, it has increasingly come to be accepted that language and other knowledge structures are hard-wired in our genes. According to this view, human beings are born with a rich structure of cognition.
• Titolo autorizzato: The 'language instinct' debate
• ISBN: 1-283-20251-4; 9786613202512; 1-4411-0764-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818632203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II