Empiricism, syntax, and ontogeny

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ID21591764
AutoresG Dupre (0000-0001-9312-4691, Keele University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen34
Número7
Páginas1011-1046
Fecha de publicación2021-10-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhilosophical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09515089.2021.1937591
OpenAlexW3171781204
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas67

Generative grammarians typically advocate for a rationalist understanding of language acquisition, according to which the structure of a developed language faculty reflects innate guidance rather than environmental influence. This proposal is developed in developmental linguistics by triggering models of language acquisition. Opposing this tradition, various theorists have advocated for empiricist views of language acquisition, according to which the structure of a developed linguistic competence reflects the linguistic environment in which this competence developed. On this picture, linguistic development is accounted for by general statistical learning mechanisms. In this article I shall precisify the debate, provide a clearer picture of what is at stake, and show why an intermediate picture is needed

Biology · Cognitive science · Empiricism · Epistemology · Linguistics · Ontogeny · Syntax · Child and Animal Learning Development · Language and cultural evolution · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation