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Peer reviewedTomasello, Michael – Cognitive Development, 1995
Reviews "The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language" (S. Pinker). Defines generative grammar, examines the evidence for Pinker's Generative Grammar as Instinct hypothesis, and discusses Pinker's use of language acquisition as support for the hypothesis. Suggests alternative theories of language that begin from different…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition
