The nature of the language faculty and its implications for evolution of language (Reply to Fitch, Hauser, and Chomsky)

Cognition

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-225

  Jackendoff, Ray ^a   Pinker, Steven ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 26644443404     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2005.04.006     Document Type: Note

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