Publications [#351783] of Michael Tomasello

Journal Articles

1. Tomasello, M, Universal grammar is dead, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 32 no. 5 (October, 2009), pp. 470-471 [doi]
   (last updated on 2025/06/15)

   Abstract:
   The idea of a biologically evolved, universal grammar with linguistic content is a myth, perpetuated by three spurious explanatory strategies of generative linguists. To make progress in understanding human linguistic competence, cognitive scientists must abandon the idea of an innate universal grammar and instead try to build theories that explain both linguistic universals and diversity and how they emerge. © 2009 Cambridge University Press.