The 'Language Instinct' Debate

by Geoffrey Sampson

Book Overview

When it was first published in 1997, Geoffrey Sampson's Educating Eve was described as the definitive response to Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct and Noam Chomsky's nativism. In this revised and expanded new edition, Sampson revisits his original arguments in the light of fresh evidence that has emerged since the original publication.

Since Chomsky revolutionized the study of language in the 1960s, it has increasingly come to be accepted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826473849
• ISBN13: 9780826473844
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"