On language and evolution: Why neo-adaptationism fails.

Autor: Reuland, Eric
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Zdroj: Behavioral & Brain Sciences; Oct2008, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p531-532, 2p
Abstrakt: I identify a number of problematic aspects of Christiansen & Chater's (C&C's) contribution. These include their suggestion that subjacency and binding reflect non-domain-specific mechanisms; that proto-language is a "cultural product"; and that non-adaptationism requires overly rich innate structures, and is incompatible with acceptable evolutionary processes. It shows that a fully UG (Universal Grammar)-free version of the authors' neo-adaptationisrn would be incoherent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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