The inheritance and innateness of grammars /

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Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Description:	1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Vancouver studies in cognitive science ; v. 6 Vancouver studies in cognitive science ; v. 6.
Subject:	Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics) Biolinguistics. Language disorders. Language acquisition. Language and languages -- Origin. Biolinguistics. Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics) Language acquisition. Language and languages -- Origin. Language disorders.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177992

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Other authors / contributors:	Gopnik, Myrna.
ISBN:	1602562113 9781602562110 9780195354003 0195354001 9780195115345 0195115341 9786610469994 6610469997 0195115333 9780195115338 0195115341 1280469994 9781280469992 0195115333 9780195115338
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Inheritance and innateness of grammars. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997
Standard no.:	9780195115338

Table of 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.

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