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Knowledge and Learning in Natural Language

By Yang, Charles D.

Knowledge and Learning in Natural Language Social Sciences

Knowledge and Learning in Natural Language

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It is a simple observation that children make mistakes when they learn a language. Yet, to the trained eye, these mistakes are far from random; in fact, they closely resemble perfectly grammatical utterances by adults--who speak other languages. This type of error analysis suggests a novel view of language learning: children are born with a fixed set of hypotheses about language--Chomsky's Universal Grammar--and these hypotheses compete to match the child's ambient language in a Darwinian fashion. The book presents evidence for this perspective from the study of children's words and grammar, and how language changes over time.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
188
Release Date:
2003-03-27
Publication Date:
2003-01-02
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199254141
ISBN13:
9780199254149
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
452 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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