Hulst, Harry van der, <br/><br/>
A mind for language :  an introduction to the innateness debate / 
Harry van der Hulst. 
 - x, 583 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. Introduction -- What this book is about -- Part II. The never-ending debate -- The innateness hypothesis -- Philosophy of mind -- Cognitive science -- Modularity -- Part III. The mental grammar, language universals, and language change -- The organization of the mental grammar -- Language Universals -- Language change -- Part IV. Language acquisition -- Language acquisition: the road from input to mental grammar -- The stages of language acquisition -- Critical period effects -- How children create new languages -- Part V. Language in a different modality -- Sign languages -- Part VI. Winding up -- Evaluating the arguments: a forum discussion. 
<br/><br/> "Illustrated with real-life examples throughout, this book provides a complete introduction to one of the most fundamental question about what it means to be human: how does human language arise in the mind? Theory is explained in an easy-to-understand way, making it accessible for students without a background in linguistics"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781108456494 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2023016882 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics).
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P37.5.I55  / H85 2023 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>410  / H879m