@article{888278,
      recid = {888278},
      author = {Stroik, Thomas S. and Putnam, Michael T.},
      title = {The structural design of language [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge :},
      pages = {xvii, 190 p. :},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {"One of the most important principles which underlies  biolinguistics is that Turing's thesis must be satisfied:  the structural design of biological systems obey physical  and mathematical laws. Whilst much work has been done to  identify the components of language, surprisingly little  attention has been paid to examining and understanding the  structural design of language itself, and how it satisfies  Turing's thesis. The components of language must be somehow  inter-structured to meet thresholds of simplicity,  generality, naturalness and beauty, as well as of  biological and conceptual necessity; but exactly how they  do so has thus far been under-articulated. In this book,  Stroik and Putnam investigate what this structure looks  like, and argue that minimalist syntax has central  importance. In so doing, radical new insights emerge into  what the language faculty is, how language emerged in the  species and how language is acquired by children"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/888278},
}