Language Development: Evolutionary Theories

Mark Atkinson, Kenny Smith

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Abstract

Accounts of language development can be broadly divided into two opposing camps: nativist theories and statistical learning accounts. We review the claims made by each about the role of the socially acquired linguistic data in language acquisition and consider the implications of each account on the likely evolutionary history of the language-learning capacity.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
PublisherElsevier
Pages319-323
Number of pages15
Edition2nd
ISBN (Print)9780080970875
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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