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- Title
Does kinship terminology provide evidence for or against universal grammar?
- Authors
Behme, Christina
- Abstract
Jones introduces an intricate machinery of kin classification that overcomes limitations of previous accounts. I question whether such a machinery is plausible. Because individuals never need to learn the entire spectrum of kin terminology, they could rely on data-driven learning. The complexity of Jones's machinery for kin classification casts doubt on the existence of innate structures that cover the complete linguistic domain.
- Subjects
KINSHIP terminology; GRAMMAR; ANTHROPOLOGICAL linguistics; CONCEPTUAL structures; COMPARATIVE grammar; UNIVERSAL language; ETHNOLOGY
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2010, Vol 33, Issue 5, p381
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X10001913