Born to Parse: How Children Select Their Languages
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An argument that children are born to assign structures to their ambient language, yielding a view of language variation not based on parameters defined at UG. In this book, David Lightfoot argues that just as some birds are born to chirp, humans are born to parse--predisposed to assign linguistic structures to their ambient external language. This approach to language acquisition makes two contributions to the development of Minimalist thinking...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262044099
ISBN13:9780262044097
Release Date:August 2020
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:210 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"
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