Language: Mosaic or Special Faculty?

Describes the "special destiny-special faculty" paradigm that has dominated western thinking about the nature and origins of language and argues instead that language systems are like technologies and that language acquisition and use involves a range of capacities and skills, a view that...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sign language studies 1995-04, Vol.86 (1), p.37-44
1. Verfasser:	McArthur, Douglas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal Behavior Behavior Development Biological Influences Communication (Thought Transfer) Diachronic Linguistics Evolution Genetics Language Acquisition Language Research Linguistic Theory Scientific Methodology Semiotics Structural Analysis (Linguistics) Traditionalism Unitary Theory
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Zusammenfassung:	Describes the "special destiny-special faculty" paradigm that has dominated western thinking about the nature and origins of language and argues instead that language systems are like technologies and that language acquisition and use involves a range of capacities and skills, a view that could be called the "mosaic development paradigm." (15 references) (LR)
ISSN:	0302-1475 1533-6263 1533-6263
DOI:	10.1353/sls.1995.0012