Breaking the myth of Universal Grammar (again)

Abstract

A review of EVANS, Vyvyan (2014): The Language Myth: Why Language is not an Instinct. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

ISBN: 978-1-107-61975-3, 304 p.

Keywords

• universal grammar
• usage-based liguistics
• linguistic diversity
• Steven Pinker
• Noam Chomsky
• popular science