A line of research in cognitive science over several decades has been dedicated to finding an innate, language-specific cognitive system, a faculty which allows

A line of research in cognitive science over several decades has been dedicated to finding an innate, language-specific cognitive system, a faculty which allows

Ray Jackendoff steps back to survey the broader theoretical landscape in linguistics, in an attempt to identify some of the sources of the widely perceived mala

Elly van Gelderen examines the linguistic cycle and describes how it offers a unique perspective on the language faculty.

The goal of this eBook is to shed light on the non-linguistic causes of language diversity, and in particular, to explore the possibility that some aspects of t