A Naturalist Reconstruction of Minimalist and Evolutionary Biolinguistics
Kinsella & Marcus (2009; K&M) argue that considerations of biological evolution invalidate the picture of optimal language design put forward under the rubric of the minimalist program (Chomsky 1993 et seq.), but in this article it will be pointed out that K&M’s objection is undermined b...
Main Authors: | Hiroki Narita, Koji Fujita |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology
2010-12-01
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Series: | Biolinguistics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5964/bioling.8803 |
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