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Title
Recent evidence against the Language Bioprogram Hypothesis: The pivotal case of Hawai'i Creole
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Publication Date
2007
Abstract
Referring to recent sociohistorical and comparative linguistic research on Hawai'i Creole, this article critically examines the four main tenets of Derek Bickerton's Language Bioprogram Hypothesis: (1) that creoles were created in one generation with only a rudimentary pidgin as input for first language acquisition; (2) that children had to go beyond the input to come up with a fully fledged language; (3) that widely distributed creole languages are virtually identical in particular linguistic features; and (4) that these features did not come from creole speakers' ancestral languages. The article concludes that creole languages do not provide evidence for innate specific linguistic knowledge; however, they are theoretically interesting in what they can reveal about language acquisition with diverse input.
Publication Type
Journal Article
Source of Publication
Studies in Language, 31(1), p. 51-88
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Place of Publication
Netherlands
ISSN
1569-9978
0378-4177
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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