A Logical Difficulty of the Parameter Setting Model.

Sasaki, Yoshinori

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Publication Date: 1990

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A Logical Difficulty of the Parameter Setting Model.

Sasaki, Yoshinori

TESOL Quarterly, v24 n4 p767-70 1990

Seeks to prove that the parameter setting model (PSM) of Chomsky's Universal Grammar theory contains an internal contradiction when it is seriously taken to model the internal state of language learners. (six references) (JL)

Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Models, Second Language Learning

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Language: English

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