There is no language instinct There is no language instinct by Geoffrey Sampson

“…This paper examines Steve Pinker’s arguments for the existence of a language instinct encoded in the genes of human beings as an explanation for the human language capacity. …”
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The language instinct : the new science of language and mind / by Pinker, Steven, 1954-

Language and Humanity: Is It More Than Mere Instinct? by Teri McCarthy

Subjects: “…Language Instinct…”
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Review of Evans (2014) : the language myth: why language is not an instinct by LaPolla, Randy J.

“…The title is of course a reaction to Pinker’s, though I would have preferred The Language Instinct Myth or The Myth of the Language Instinct, as the myth is not language itself, but that language is an instinct, and there is already Harris 1981 with the same title, which unfortunately was not cited in E’s book.…”
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The language myth : why language is not an instinct / by Evans, Vyvyan, author

“…Debunking the notion of a language 'instinct', Evans demonstrates that language is related to other animal forms of communication; that languages exhibit staggering diversity; that we learn our mother tongue drawing on general properties and abilities of the human mind, rather than an inborn 'universal' grammar; and that, ultimately, language and the mind reflect and draw upon the way we interact with others in the world. …”

Aspects of the Transcendental Phenomenology of Language by James G. Hart

“…This instinctual dynamism is founded in what Husserl names “the idea of truth” which supports the thesis of a universal language instinct.…”
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Bakhtin Against the Darwinists and Cognitivists by Ken Hirschkop

“…This article begins with a critique of the language theory of cognitive scientists such as Steven Pinker (The Language Instinct), who describe in grammatical terms the complexity of human language. …”
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<b>Contenha-se, se for capaz</b> by Mirna Feitoza Pereira

“…Palavras-chave linguagem, gramática universal, evolução Abstract In Language Instinct, Steven Pinker argues about his famous thesis: language is not the most prodigious human cultural invention. …”
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<b>Contenha-se, se for capaz</b> by Mirna Feitoza Pereira

“…Palavras-chave linguagem, gramática universal, evolução Abstract In Language Instinct, Steven Pinker argues about his famous thesis: language is not the most prodigious human cultural invention. …”
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The cambridge handbook of biolinguistics (cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics) / by Boeckx, Cedric, Grohmann, Kleanthes K.

Speech Disguise (Bird Talk) and its Role in Phonological Analyses by Hasmik Hovhannisyan

“…The phonemic analysis of the bird talk in Armenian is an interesting and unique approach to get acquainted and to communicate with the language instincts of the native people. Thus, the examination of the rule of the speech disguise generally reflects the reality that even illiterate, uneducated people can perfectly master the language structures and use the elements and sub-elements of the syllable. …”
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Fuzzy Logic Based Teaching/Learning of a Foreign Language in Multilingual Situations by Sweta SINHA

“…Learners with heavy mother tongue influence tend to use their natural languages instinctively in a way that can create their own fuzzy rules to encounter the situation of being taught an entirely new language. …”
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