Mind Design and Minimal Syntax
Author | : Wolfram Hinzen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2006-02-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199274413 |
ISBN-13 | : 019927441X |
Rating | : 4/5 (41X Downloads) |
Download or read book Mind Design and Minimal Syntax written by Wolfram Hinzen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfram Hinzen introduces generative grammar and asks what it tells us about the human mind. He argues that the mind is the product not of adaptive evolutionary history but of principles and processes that are ahistorical and internalist.