Journal article
Variability in languages, variability in learning?
The Behavioral and brain sciences, Vol.32(5), pp.459-460
10/2009
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X09990926
PMID: 19857332
Abstract
In documenting the dizzying diversity of human languages, Evans & Levinson (E&L) highlight the lack of universals. This suggests the need for complex learning. Yet, just as there is no universal structure, there may be no universal learning mechanism responsible for language. Language is a behavior assembled by many processes, an assembly guided by the language being learned.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Variability in languages, variability in learning?
- Creators
- Bob McMurray - Department of Psychology and Delta Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52240. bob-mcmurray@uiowa.eduwww.psychology.uiowa.edu/faculty/mcmurrayed-wasserman@uiowa.eduwww.psychology.uiowa.edu/Faculty/Wasserman/Edward Wasserman - Department of Psychology and Delta Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52240. bob-mcmurray@uiowa.eduwww.psychology.uiowa.edu/faculty/mcmurrayed-wasserman@uiowa.eduwww.psychology.uiowa.edu/Faculty/Wasserman/
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Behavioral and brain sciences, Vol.32(5), pp.459-460
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; New York, USA
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0140525X09990926
- PMID
- 19857332
- ISSN
- 0140-525X
- eISSN
- 1469-1825
- Number of pages
- 2
- Alternative title
- Commentary/Evans & Levinson: The myth of language universals
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2009
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Linguistics; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984070425702771
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