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language bioprogram hypothesis: a standalone construct

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language bioprogramhypothesis1 CONSTRUCTLanguage bioprogramBICKERTON · LINGUISTIC

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Linguistic typology

claim that creole grammars share features because children creating them fall back on an innate species-specific grammar when their input is impoverished.

In linguistic typology, language bioprogram hypothesis refers to claim that creole grammars share features because children creating them fall back on an innate species-specific grammar when their input is impoverished. This meaning comes from Bickerton (1984) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.[1]

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References

  1. Bickerton, D. (1984). The language bioprogram hypothesis. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 7(2), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x00044149

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