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CHAPTER 2. Generative Theory

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. CHAPTER 1. Wallace’s Problem 1
  4. CHAPTER 2. Generative Theory 16
  5. CHAPTER 3. The “Specialness” of Humans 42
  6. CHAPTER 4. From Animal Communication to Protolanguage 73
  7. CHAPTER 5. Universal Grammar 109
  8. CHAPTER 6. Variation and Change 151
  9. CHAPTER 7. Language “Acquisition” 185
  10. CHAPTER 8. Creolization 218
  11. CHAPTER 9. Homo Sapiens Loquens 258
  12. References 279
  13. Acknowledgments 317
  14. Index 319
More than Nature Needs
This chapter is in the book More than Nature Needs
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674728523-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. CHAPTER 1. Wallace’s Problem 1
  4. CHAPTER 2. Generative Theory 16
  5. CHAPTER 3. The “Specialness” of Humans 42
  6. CHAPTER 4. From Animal Communication to Protolanguage 73
  7. CHAPTER 5. Universal Grammar 109
  8. CHAPTER 6. Variation and Change 151
  9. CHAPTER 7. Language “Acquisition” 185
  10. CHAPTER 8. Creolization 218
  11. CHAPTER 9. Homo Sapiens Loquens 258
  12. References 279
  13. Acknowledgments 317
  14. Index 319
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