Towards an integrated science of language

Morten H. Christiansen () and Nick Chater
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Morten H. Christiansen: Cornell University
Nick Chater: Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Nature Human Behaviour, 2017, vol. 1, issue 8, 1-3

Abstract: It has long been assumed that grammar is a system of abstract rules, that the world's languages follow universal patterns, and that we are born with a ‘language instinct’. But an alternative paradigm that focuses on how we learn and use language is emerging, overturning these assumptions and many more.

Date: 2017
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