Minimalism and Evolution

Minimalism proposes that universal grammar (UG) is a characteristic of human thought, also known as I-language, whose main component is the operation Merge, providing for the generative and recursive properties of human thought and language. The complexity and diversity of human languages arises fro...

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Main Author: Michael C. Corballis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00046/full