lThe transition to language is the transition
to a new kind of evolutionary
system.
lThe LAD does not directly determine the
structure of language.
lExplains some language structure without
appealing to
ˇhard innate constraints
ˇcommunicative function
lThe “poverty of the stimulus” is not a
syntactic learnability problem. It is required for the emergence of syntax
Take
home message:
Rather than looking at the way we have
adapted to language, we should look more at how language adapts to us.
Conclusions