Does a language instinct exist? The language Instinct Debate.

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1.0, University of Duisburg-Essen (Department of English Linguistics), course: Developments in modern Linguistics, language: English, abstract: In 1994, when Steven Pinker's book "e;The language instinct"e; was published, the linguistic world was confronted with the renewed debate, whether...