Innateness hypothesis
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title:
Innateness hypothesis
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In linguistics, the innateness hypothesis, also known as the nativist hypothesis, holds that humans are born with at least some knowledge of linguistic structure. On this hypothesis, language acquisition involves filling in the details of an innate blueprint rather than being an entirely inductive process. The hypothesis is one of the cornerstones of generative grammar and related approaches in linguistics. Arguments in favour include the poverty of the stimulus, the universality of language acq
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Hypothesis that humans are born with knowledge of linguistic structure
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innateness_hypothesis
date created:
2008-03-25T16:50:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T12:13:36Z
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