Abstract
Still, fascinating as this debate may seem to the public at some general level, the question of modularity of language (and most importantly-the combinatorial properties thereof) boils down to the following rather concrete forms: 1 Is the number of (independent) grammatical principles we know greater than, or equal to one, and are they distinct from other knowledge we possess? 2 Is the number of (independent) algorithms implementing these in use greater than, or equal to one, and are they distinct from other algorithms we use? 3 Is the number of (distinct) brain loci subserving linguistic activity greater than, or equal to one, and are they distinct from other brain regions?.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Nature of Concepts |
| Subtitle of host publication | Evolution, Structure and Representation |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 52-67 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781134681495 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0415179637, 9781138884366 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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