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Jackendoff, Ray – Language, 2011
In addition to providing an account of the empirical facts of language, a theory that aspires to account for language as a biologically based human faculty should seek a graceful integration of linguistic phenomena with what is known about other human cognitive capacities and about the character of brain computation. The present discussion note…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Phonology, Semantics, Syntax
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Clark, Eve V. – Language, 1970
The monograph under review is a study of the acquisition of certain complex linguistic structures by children over the age of five. After a short introduction, Chomsky describes in chapter 2 the linguistic properties of four types of constructions: (1) John is eager to see; John is easy to see; (2) John promised Bill to shovel the driveway; John…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Research