On the study of the language faculty
Results, developments, and perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Rizzi (0000-0003-4877-9861, University of Siena, corresponding author), Luigi Rizzi |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlir.2004.21.3-4.323 |
| OpenAlex | W1976932812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The study of the language faculty pursued within the tradition of generative grammar focuses on a natural object, the cognitive capacity that our species possesses for knowledge, acquisition, and use of natural languages. This line of research investigates a component of the human mind/brain, and is pursued within the federating framework of the cognitive neurosciences. Three major steps of this research trend are examined here: the modeling of the language faculty as a computational capacity, the study of language invariance and variation through parametric models, and the guidelines of the Minimalist program. After a presentation of the logic of the parametric approach to language variation, some properties of the micro-versus macro-comparative study of syntax are examined. The basic guidelines of the Minimalist program are illustrated, with special reference to the role of economy principles; some consequences of minimalist ideas for general issues such as innateness and task-specificity of the language faculty are discussed
Generative grammar · Grammar · Linguistics · Minimalist program · Natural language · Natural language processing · Syntax · Transformational grammar · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2017 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |