| 1 |
Evo-Devo — Of Course, But Which One? Some Comments on Chomsky’s Analogies between the Biolinguistic Approach and Evo-Devo
|
|
|
|
In: Biolinguistics, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 308-323 (2010) (2010)
|
|
Abstract:
In some recent papers, Chomsky has suggested some non-trivial analogies between the biolinguistic approach and evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo). In this paper, the point is made that those analogies should be handled with caution. The reason is that the Evo-Devo version chosen by Chomsky in order to build the analogies fully assumes a gene-centric perspective. Although providing genes with a special power fits in well with the Principles-and-Parameters model, it does not agree at all with the reduction of the power attributed to genes that the Minimalist Program has placed on the agenda. Nevertheless, other Evo-Devo approaches exist that seem more accurate than the particular version adopted by Chomsky — approaches therefore which are more promising for fulfilling the minimalist biolinguistic approach.
|
|
Keyword:
evolutionary developmental biology; gene-centrism; Language and Literature; Minima-list Program; P; P1-1091; Philology. Linguistics; Principles-and-Parameters Theory
|
|
URL: https://doaj.org/article/c14ee2d1d8174f0399aa0c6f7a7b3e86
|
|
BASE
|
|
Hide details
|
|
|
|
|
