The baby, the bathwater and the "language instinct" debate

Language Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-91

  Cowley, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child language; Language and mind; Universal grammar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037667376     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0388-0001(00)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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