The evolution of the language faculty: Clarifications and implications

Cognition

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-210

  Fitch, W Tecumseh ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^b   Chomsky, Noam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COGNITION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 26644461434     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2005.02.005     Document Type: Note

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