Jessica Loudermilk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5074401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Loudermilk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Loudermilk |
| SIGNATURE | LOUDERMILK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What’s Special About Human Language? The Contents of the “Narrow Language Faculty” Revisited
In this review, we re‐evaluate the recursion‐only hypothesis, advocated by Fitch, Hauser and Chomsky ( Fitch et al. 2005 ; Hauser et al. 2002 ). According to the recursion‐only hypothesis, the property that distinguishes human language from animal communication systems is recursion, which refers to the potentially infinite embedding of one linguistic representation within another of the same type. This hypothesis predicts (1) that non‐human prima…
What’s Special About Human Language? The Contents of the “Narrow Language Faculty” Revisited
In this review, we re‐evaluate the recursion‐only hypothesis, advocated by Fitch, Hauser and Chomsky ( Fitch et al. 2005 ; Hauser et al. 2002 ). According to the recursion‐only hypothesis, the property that distinguishes human language from animal communication systems is recursion, which refers to the potentially infinite embedding of one linguistic representation within another of the same type. This hypothesis predicts (1) that non‐human prima…
What’s Special About Human Language? The Contents of the “Narrow Language Faculty” Revisited
In this review, we re‐evaluate the recursion‐only hypothesis, advocated by Fitch, Hauser and Chomsky ( Fitch et al. 2005 ; Hauser et al. 2002 ). According to the recursion‐only hypothesis, the property that distinguishes human language from animal communication systems is recursion, which refers to the potentially infinite embedding of one linguistic representation within another of the same type. This hypothesis predicts (1) that non‐human prima…
Cognitive science (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Grammar (1 work) · Human language (1 work) · Language and cultural evolution (1 work) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Minimalist program (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work)