What Counts as Evidence in Linguistics?

The case of innateness

Special issue of Studies in Language 28:3 (2004)

Editors

Martina Penke | Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Anette Rosenbach | Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

[Studies in Language, 28:3] 2004. 280 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 14 September 2004

https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.28.3

Table of Contents

Preface	477–479
Articles
What counts as evidence in linguistics? An introduction Martina Penke and Anette Rosenbach	480–526
Typological evidence and Universal Grammar Frederick J. Newmeyer	527–548
Remarks on the relation between language typology and Universal Grammar: Commentary on Newmeyer Mark Baltin	549–553
Does linguistic explanation presuppose linguistic description? Martin Haspelmath	554–579
Remarks on description and explanation in grammar: Commentary on Haspelmath Judith Aissen and Joan Bresnan	580–583
Author’s response Martin Haspelmath	584–586
From UG to Universals: Linguistic adaptation through iterated learning Simon Kirby, Kenny Smith and Henry Brighton	587–607
Form, meaning and speakers in the evolution of language: Commentary on Kirby, Smith and Brighton William A. Croft	608–611
Author’s response Simon Kirby, Kenny Smith and Henry Brighton	612–614
Why assume UG? Dieter Wunderlich	615–641
What kind of evidence could refute the UG hypothesis? Commentary on Wunderlich Michael Tomasello	642–645
Author’s response: Is there any evidence that refutes the UG hypothesis? Dieter Wunderlich	646–647
A question of relevance: Some remarks on standard languages Helmut Weiß	648–674
The Relevance of Variation: Remarks on Weiß’s Standard-Dialect-Problem Horst J. Simon	675–679
Author’s response Helmut Weiß	680–681
Universals, innateness and explanation in second language acquisition Fred Eckman	682–703
‘Internal’ versus ‘external’ universals: Commentary on Eckman Lydia White	704–706
Author’s response: ‘External’ universals and explanation in SLA Fred Eckman	707–709
What counts as evidence in historical linguistics? Olga Fischer	710–740
Abstraction and performance: Commentary on Fischer David W. Lightfoot	741–744
Author’s response Olga Fischer	745–747

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What Counts as Evidence in Linguistics?

The case of innateness

Special issue of Studies in Language 28:3 (2004)

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