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A Plea for Why Only Us (Berwick & Chomsky 2016)
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In: BIOLINGUISTICS; Vol. 10 (2016); 051-059 ; 1450-3417 (2016)
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Language as an instrument of thought
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In: Glossa: a journal of general linguistics; Vol 1, No 1 (2016); 46 ; 2397-1835 (2016)
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I show that there are good arguments and evidence to boot that support the language as an instrument of thought hypothesis. The underlying mechanisms of language, comprising of expressions structured hierarchically and recursively, provide a perspective (in the form of a conceptual structure) on the world, for it is only via language that certain perspectives are available to us and to our thought processes. These mechanisms provide us with a uniquely human way of thinking and talking about the world that is different to the sort of thinking we share with other animals. If the primary function of language were communication then one would expect that the underlying mechanisms of language will be structured in a way that favours successful communication. I show that not only is this not the case, but that the underlying mechanisms of language are in fact structured in a way to maximise computational efficiency, even if it means causing communicative problems. Moreover, I discuss evidence from comparative, neuropathological, developmental, and neuroscientific evidence that supports the claim that language is an instrument of thought.
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biolinguistics; communication; function of language; generative linguistics; narrow syntax; philosophy of language; thought
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URL: https://www.glossa-journal.org/jms/article/view/gjgl.34
https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.34
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The oscillopathic nature of language deficits in autism : from genes to language evolution
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L´émergence de la biolinguistique et ses conséquences pour la théorie linguistique
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Vitral, Lorenzo. - : Paris : Société d'Histoire et d'Épistémologie des Sciences du Langage, 2016. : PERSÉE : Université de Lyon, CNRS & ENS de Lyon, 2016
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Outlining the parameters for a linguistic nativist position
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 48, Iss 0, Pp 17-40 (2016) (2016)
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A Plea for Why Only Us (Berwick & Chomsky 2016)
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In: Biolinguistics, Vol 10, Iss 0, Pp 051-059 (2016) (2016)
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