Beyond generative geneticism: Rethinking language acquisition from a developmentalist point of view

Lingua

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1300-1315

  Lorenzo, Guillermo ^a   Longa, Víctor M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biolinguistics; Developmental Systems Theory; Generative Grammar; Innateness; Miminalist program; Principles and Parameters Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349135973     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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