The Science of Language (49 page)

Haldane, J. B. S.
51
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53

Hale, Kenneth
17
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62

Halle, Morris
21

Hamilton, William D.
104

Harman, Gilbert
100

Harris, Zellig
38
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80
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81
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86

Hauser, Marc
100
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109
,
286

evolution of communication
12
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58

faculty of language
60
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170
,
172
,
268
,
269

hearing
48

Helmholtz, Hermann von
73
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97

Herbert of Cherbury
181

Higginbotham, Jim
129
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130

Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy
196

homunculus
37
,
290

Hornstein, Norbert
29
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183
,
265

human behavior
138–151
,
286

human evolution
2
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13
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71

developmental constraints on
41

‘great leap forward'
13
,
70
,
77

human nature
95–102
,
108–112

and biological capacities
95

Chomsky on
95–102

determined and uniform
95
,
99

distinctiveness of
176–179

enlightenment conception of
142

and evolution
103–107

‘great leap forward'
179

moral agency
101

plasticity of
121

humanitarian intervention
121
,
122
,
287

humans, genetic variation
13

Hume, David
26
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90
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99
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106
,
179

color problem
247–248
,
286

theory of moral nature
63
,
99
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109

Huxley, Thomas
23

I-beliefs
153–156

definition of
156

I-concepts
153–156

definition of
155

I-language
81
,
153–156
,
164
,
239
,
258
,
266

intensional specification of
167

imagination
70
,
161

inclusiveness
62
,
281

induction
88
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90
,
95

inference
73
,
165
,
221

information
208
,
213
,
218
,
228
,
229
,
254

pragmatic
30

semantic
29
,
260

innateness
39–45
,
60
,
89
,
91
,
255
,
267
,
284

innatism
123

innovation
71
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74
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95
,
177
,
178
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185
,
282

technological
145

insects, study of
147

instinct
96
,
143
,
178
,
181
,
247
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248
,
287

instrumentalism
211

intention (see also nativism)
163

internalism
6
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228
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248
,
262–263
,
269
,
287

and concepts
188
,
190
,
209
,
255–257
,
260
,
272

intuitions
125
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126

island sentences
50

Jackendoff, Ray
170
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172

Jacob, François
24
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53
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60
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243

Joos, Martin
145

justice
120

Kahneman, Daniel
140

Kant, Immanuel
90

Kauffman, Stuart
21
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22
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266

Kayne, Richard
55
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84
,
241

Keller, Helen
45

Kissinger, Henry
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107
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113
,
287

Klein, Ralph
111

knowledge
70
,
193

See also
information

Kripke, Saul
126

Kropotkin, Peter
103
,
111

language

and agency
124–128

as an animal instinct
178

and arithmetical capacities
16

and biology
21–30
,
80
,
235
,
284

biophysical explanations of
208

and brain morphology
46

capacity for
70
,
164

characteristic uses of
11–12

cognitive benefits of
2

competence and use
63

and complex thought
1

complexity of
52
,
146

compositional character of
37

computational theory of
174
,
272

and concepts
71
,
198

conceptual resources of
212

displacement property
16

distinctive features
22

domination
232–238

expectations for
54

externalization of
52
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78
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79
,
153
,
222
,
278

flexibility
95
,
162
,
197
,
210
,
224
,
227

formal languages
16
,
17
,
289

formal theory of
21–30

functions of
11–20
,
164
,
165

generative capacity
49

head-first
240

hierarchical structure
232–238

I-language
153–156
,
164
,
239
,
258
,
266

interface conditions
25

internal
37

internal, individual and intensional
37
,
154
,
167

internal use of
52
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69
,
124
,
153
,
160
,
197
,
262–263
,
272–274

a ‘knowledge' system
187
,
193

localization of
46
,
59
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69–74

and mathematics
181

modularity of
59

movement property
16
,
85
,
108
,
264–265

as a natural object
2
,
7

nominalizing languages
155

open texture of
273

and other cognitive systems
271

phonetic features
42

phonological features
42
,
57

precursors of
43
,
77

properties of
22
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37
,
60
,
62

public language
153
,
288

purposes of
224

and reason
181

result of historical events
84

rules of
165
,
221
,
223
,
224
,
225
,
283
,
284

and science
124–128

sounds available in
282

structural features of
42

structure of
236
,
277–278

study of
36
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76
,
79
,
154

See also
linguistics

theories of
164
,
193
,
239
,
243
,
285

unboundedness
177
,
262

uniqueness to humans
150

variation in the use of
164
,
239–242

language faculty
74
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172
,
177
,
243
,
260
,
261
,
270

adicity requirements of
198
,
199

perfection of
50

language of thought
27
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71
,
189
,
190
,
220
,
230
,
269

Lasnik, Howard
85

learning
95
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180
,
200
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226
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281
,
282

empiricism and
173
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179

learning a language
187
,
225
,
226

Lenneberg, Eric
21
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43
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47
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59

Lepore, E.
195

Lewis, David
153
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165
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220
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222
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223
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224

Lewontin, Richard
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157
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170
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172
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173
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175
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231

lexical items
62

categories of
234

origin of
46

liberalism
98

linguistic communities
222

linguistic development
39

See also
development

linguistic practices
221
,
223

linguistic principles
237
,
276

linguistics
19
,
36
,
82
,
145

and biology
150

first factor considerations
45
,
96
,
148

and natural science
38

and politics
152

procedural theories in
149

second factor considerations
148
,
277

structural
80

theories of
87
,
265

third factor considerations:

separate entry

Locke, John
26
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125
,
267

personal identity
31
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271

secondary qualities
256

logic, formal
251

Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory
84–85

Lohndal, Terje
57

Lorenz, Konrad
21