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dc.contributor.authorLohndal, Terje
dc.contributor.authorUriagereka, Juan
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-31T18:24:41Z
dc.date.available2022-10-31T18:24:41Z
dc.date.issued2017-02-06
dc.description.abstractThis chapter discusses factors determining the structure of an I-language: genetic endowment, input/exposure to language, and principles not specific to language. The latter have become known as ‘third factors,’ which are argued to be principles that contribute to shaping the structure of grammars but that are not specific to language. Computational efficiency is one example of such a principle that has been suggested. In this chapter, the historical roots of the third factor perspective is traced and discussed. The third factor perspective in linguistics is also compared to a similar perspective in comparative biology outlined by the late Stephen Jay Gould. After a review of a few examples of what plausible third factors may be, the chapter ends with a discussion of the complex task of determining whether a given linguistic condition may be a third factor.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLohndal T, Uriagereka J: Third-factor explanations and Universal Grammar. In: Roberts I. The Oxford Handbook of Universal Grammar, 2017. Oxford University Press p. 114-128en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1435251
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199573776.013.6
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-19-9573776
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/27193
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2017 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleThird-factor explanations and Universal Grammaren_US
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