Language as shaped by the brain as shaped by development:Commentary on Christiansen and Chater

Samuelson, Larissa K ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9141-3286 (2008) Language as shaped by the brain as shaped by development:Commentary on Christiansen and Chater. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31 (5). 535- 536. ISSN 0140-525X

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Abstract

Though we agree with their argument that language is shaped by domain-general learning processes, Christiansen & Chater (C&C) neglect to detail how the development of these processes shapes language change. We discuss a number of examples that show how developmental processes at multiple levels and timescales are critical to understanding the origin of domain-general mechanisms that shape language evolution.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Cognition, Action and Perception Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Developmental Science
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2015 12:01
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 00:27
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55339
DOI:	10.1017/S0140525X08005268

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