Rich Languages from Poor Inputs

by Robert C. Berwick and Hans-Heiri Stapfer

Book Overview

This book addresses one of the most famous and controversial arguments in the study of language and mind, the Poverty of the Stimulus. Presented by Chomsky in 1968, the argument holds that children do not receive enough evidence to infer the existence of core aspects of language, such as the dependence of linguistic rules on hierarchical phrase structure. The argument strikes against empiricist accounts of language acquisition and supports the conclusion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199590338
• ISBN13: 9780199590339
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"