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Peer reviewedNey, James W. – Language Sciences, 1979
Examines the claim that transformational rules are psychologically real, and applies this claim to all aspects of transformational grammar. (AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics
Peer reviewedTaylor, Talbot J. – Language Sciences, 1997
Focuses on theories concerning the origin of language. The article indicates that the language-origins theories most favored in contemporary science all have their roots in the intellectual preoccupations of the early scientists and philosophers of the European Enlightenment. The article concludes that the origin of language myth reveals itself as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKronenfeld, David B. – Language Sciences, 1979
Examines the innate faculties that underlie linguistic competence, especially syntactic competence, and proposes a theory of these faculties which accounts for the complexities of language and the evolution of human language. (AM)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Ability
