Linguistic nativism and the poverty of the stimulus /

This unique contribution to the ongoing discussion of language acquisition considers the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus in language learning in the context of the wider debate over cognitive, computational, and linguistic issues.: Critically examines the Argument from the Poverty of the S...

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Main Author: Clark, Alexander (Alexander Simon)
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Lappin, Shalom
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:This unique contribution to the ongoing discussion of language acquisition considers the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus in language learning in the context of the wider debate over cognitive, computational, and linguistic issues.: Critically examines the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus - the theory that the linguistic input which children receive is insufficient to explain the rich and rapid development of their knowledge of their first language(s) through general learning mechanisms Focuses on formal learnability properties of the class of natural languages, considered.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781444390568
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DOI:10.1002/9781444390568