| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Vancouver studies in cognitive science ; v. 6
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Vancouver studies in cognitive science ; v. 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics)
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Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics) |
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Biolinguistics.
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Biolinguistics. |
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Language disorders.
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Language disorders. |
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Language acquisition.
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Language acquisition. |
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Language and languages -- Origin.
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Language and languages -- Origin. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gopnik, Myrna.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Inheritance and innateness of grammars. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 (DLC) 97001876 |
| ISBN |
1602562113 |
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9781602562110 |
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9780195354003 (electronic book) |
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0195354001 (electronic book) |
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9780195115345 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0195115341 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0195115333 (Cloth) |
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9780195115338 |
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0195115341 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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