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10.5281/zenodo.4280629
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Evelina Leivada
Reconciling linguistic theories on comparative variation with an evolutionarily plausible language faculty
Kleanthes K. Grohmann
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<p>This work aims to reconcile the atomic objects of study typically assumed within<br>
comparative variation studies with an evolutionarily plausible faculty of language.<br>
In the process, we formulate and address the incompatibility problem, the<br>
observation that studying comparative (micro)variation has progressively led to an<br>
evolutionarily implausible Universal Grammar. We identify a solution to this problem<br>
through arguing in favour of a so-called emergentist approach to some linguistic<br>
primitives. We then address the granularity mismatch problem and argue on the<br>
basis of this emergentist approach firstly, that linguistic and neurocognitive<br>
studies of language may be brought to the same level of granularity, and secondly, that<br>
specific insights from comparative variation can inform an evolutionarily plausible<br>
approach to human language.</p>
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Language Science Press
2020-11-19
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4280628
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https://zenodo.org/records/4280629/files/276-Bárány-2020-2.pdf
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Syntactic architecture and its consequences II
978-3-96110-288-4
25-42
Berlin
2020-11-19