The Science of Language (48 page)

Dalton, John
88

Darwin, Charles
171

Davidson, Donald
35
,
112
,
139
,
140
,
141
,
166
,
198

Dawkins, Richard
105

debating
116

decision
52

Deep Structures
233

democracy
118

denotation
188
,
215
,
218

See also
meaning
,
reference

derivation of sentences
193
,
238
,
281

Descartes, René
74
,
246
,
286
,
289

animals
124
,
177

linguistics
63
,
178

reason
124
,
139
,
178

description
90
,
134

design
50–58
,
139
,
172
,
175
,
265

connotations of the word
50

desire
138

determinism
141
,
280–281
,
290

development
46–49
,
59
,
73
,
158
,
279

constraints on
245

epigenetic factors
242

phenotypical
171

Dewey, John
212

discourse domains
207

displacement
25
,
108

dispositional terms
192

dissection
203

dissociation
16

dominance hierarchies
143
,
237

dualism, methodological
288

Dummett, Michael
57

dysarthria
43

economics
144

Elman, J. L.
225
,
283

empiricism
6
,
187
,
247
,
267
,
283

attractions of
286

cognitive capacities
178
,
180

criticism of
285

functionalism
186

epistemology
133–137
,
157

Epstein, Samuel
83

ethology
21

Everett, Dan
30

evidence for theories of
143

evolution
12–15
,
23
,
41
,
53
,
60
,
173
,
266
,
279
,
285

See also
human evolution

and behaviorism
67
,
76

and human nature
103–107

minimalist reading of
78
,
200

natural selection
58
,
76
,
104
,
143
,
157
,
172

evolution of language
20
,
53
,
170
,
172
,
176

speed of
24
,
44–45
,
103

study of
51
,
77
,
105

evolution–development (evo-devo) studies
158
,
171
,
279
,
286

experience
148

explanation
96
,
132
,
136
,
174

adequacy of
244
,
245

best theory
96
,
135
,
148
,
184
,
246

in biology
158

and description
90

scientific
128

externalism
130
,
153
,
189
,
260
,
273
,
289

attractions of
214

criticism of
209–231

eye, evolution of
46
,
105
,
279

facial recognition
69

faculty of language
36
,
74
,
172
,
177
,
243
,
260
,
270

adicity
198
,
199

broad
36
,
172
,
269

narrow
36
,
172
,
269

perfection of
50

Ferguson, Thomas
145

first factor considerations
45
,
96
,
148

Fitch, W. T.
60
,
170
,
172
,
268
,
269

Fodor, Janet
55

Fodor, Jerry
189
,
195
,
228
,
259

computational theory of mind
280

concepts
34
,
201

denotation
191
,
218
,
219

evolution
58
,
279

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

meaning
194
,
217
,
269

modes of presentation (MOPs)
187
,
190
,
217
,
218
,
219
,
275

nativism
187
,
188

formal languages
16
,
17
,
289

Foucault, Michel
120

freedom
143
,
152
,
177
,
280–281
,
290

Frege, Gottlob
155
,
215
,
251

semantics
214
,
215
,
251
,
252

senses
251
,
253

functions
11–20
,
157–170
,
262

in biology
169–174

concept of
11

definition of
167

formal functions
166–169

function-of-an-organ
174–175

intensional specification of
167

interest-dependent
158–166

in mathematics and natural science
166–169

Galileo
18
,
88

Gallistel, C. R.
26
,
33
,
197
,
203
,
268

Gandhi, Mahatma
114
,
144

garden path sentences
50

Gauss, Carl F.
127

Gehring, Walter
46
,
171
,
258
,
279

genes
46–49
,
148
,
173

master genes
279
,
280

and Merge
49

PAX-6
46
,
280

universal genome
53

Gleitman, Lila
196

Godwin, Richard
123

Golinkoff, Roberta
196

Goodman, Nelson
81
,
83
,
88
,
261
,
285

behaviorism
89
,
285

and Chomsky
86–92

constructivism
285

nominalism
87
,
91

personal relationship with Chomsky
91–92

Gould, Stephen J.
158
,
170
,
172
,
173

grammar
277–278

and acquisition of language
24
,
60

artifacts in theories of
238

extensional equivalence of
153

finite state
232

generative
63
,
85
,
91
,
96
,
99

generative capacity
236

phrase structure
233
,
235

structure and hierarchy
236

transformational
25

‘great leap forward'
13
,
70
,
179

growth
40
,
73
,
77

cognitive growth
121

developmental constraints on
41
,
45
,
158