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Does kinship terminology provide evidence for or against universal grammar?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2010
Abstract
Jones introduces an intricate machinery of kin classification that overcomes limitations of previous accounts. I question whether such a machinery is plausible. Because individuals never need to learn the entire spectrum of kin terminology, they could rely on data-driven learning. The complexity of Jones's machinery for kin classification casts doubt on the existence of innate structures that cover the complete linguistic domain.
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Does kinship terminology provide evidence for or against universal grammar?
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