 The Language Myth (first edition) | |
| Author | Vyvyan Evans |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Popular science |
| Published | 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| ISBN | 978-1107619753 |
| Followed by | The Crucible of Language |
| Website | www |
The Language Myth is a 2014 book by Vyvyan Evans, written for a general audience. It is a direct rebuttal of Steven Pinker's 1994 book The Language Instinct. Evans argues against Noam Chomsky's claim that all human languages provide evidence for an underlying Universal Grammar. Evans posits, instead, a language-as-use thesis[1][2] to account for the nature of language, how it is learned and how it evolves.
- ^ Anderson, Alun (15 October 2014). "Why language is neither an instinct nor innate". New Scientist.
- ^ "The Language Myth: Why Language Is Not an Instinct, by Vyvyan Evans". Times Higher Education (THE). 13 November 2014.