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Peer reviewedBraine, Martin D. S. – Journal of Child Language, 1994
Provides a brief history of the empiricism-nativism issue, considering present-day intellectual roots of nativist and empiricist inclinations. A schema is proposed for explaining the ontogenetic origin of an innate attribute or principle relevant to language. An attempt is made to explain the origin of primitives as derived by learning. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Intellectual Disciplines
