Empiricism, syntax, and ontogeny
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21591764 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Dupre (0000-0001-9312-4691, Keele University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1011-1046 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09515089.2021.1937591 |
| OpenAlex | W3171781204 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 67 |
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
Foundations of Language
Concepts
Parametric Syntax
Origins of Objectivity
Lot 2
Ignorance of Language
Simpler Syntax
On Nature and Language
The Price of Linguistic Productivity
Constructing a Language
The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm
Canalization of Development and the Inheritance of Acquired Characters
Variability, negative evidence, and the acquisition of verb argument constructions
Empirical re-assessment of stimulus poverty arguments
Empirical assessment of stimulus poverty arguments
Knowledge and Learning in Natural Language
Internal and external forces in language change
Linguistics and the explanatory economy
Innateness and Canalization
Concepts
What's within? Nativism Reconsidered
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Language and Other Abstract Objects
New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind
Three Factors in Language Design
Developmental Dynamics
Language and other abstract objects
Bayesian Models of Cognition
Negative knowledge from positive evidence
The Linguistic Development of Genie
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |