A an introduction to the innateness debate Hulst, Harry van der creator author. text bibliography enk 2023 monographic eng

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x, 583 pages ; 23 cm. "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"-- 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. Harry van der Hulst. Includes bibliographical references and index. Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics) P37.5.I55 H85 2023 410 H879m 9781108456494 2023016882 DLC 230606 20261014103850.0 23174026 eng