Human Linguisticality and the Building Blocks of Languages
This paper discusses the widely held idea that the building blocks of languages (features, categories, and architectures) are part of an innate blueprint for Human Language, and notes that if one allows for convergent cultural evolution of grammatical structures, then much of the motivation for it d...
Main Author: | Martin Haspelmath |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03056/full |
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