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Rich Languages from Poor Inputs

Name: Rich Languages from Poor Inputs
Brand: OUP Oxford
SKU: 9780199590339
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RICH LANGUAGES FROM POOR INPUT

Contributor(s): Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo Editor , Berwick, Robert C Editor Format: Hardback

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ISBN	9780199590339
Subtitle	RICH LANGUAGES FROM POOR INPUT
Publisher	OUP Oxford
Publication date	December 2012
Language	English
MRP	£135.00 GBP
Page count	328
Item weight	140 g

This book addresses one of the most famous and controversial arguments in the study of language and mind, the Poverty of the Stimulus. Presented by Chomsky in 1968, the argument holds that children do not receive enough evidence to infer the existence of core aspects of language, such as the dependence of linguistic rules on hierarchical phrase structure. The argument strikes against empiricist accounts of language acquisition and supports the conclusion that knowledge of some aspects of grammar must be innate. In the first part of Rich Grammars from Poor Inputs, contributors consider the general issues around the POS argument, review the empirical data, and offer new and plausible explanations. This is followed by a discussion of the the processes of language acquisition, and observed 'gaps' between adult and child grammar, concentrating on the late spontaneous acquisition by children of some key syntactic principles, basically, though not exclusively, between the ages of 5 to 9. Part 3 widens the horizon beyond language acquisition in the narrow sense, examining the natural development of reading and writing and of the child's growing sensitivity for the fine arts.

Rich Languages from Poor Inputs

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Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo Editor

Berwick, Robert C Editor

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