The biolinguistic thesis states that language is a biological system internal to an individual of the species Homo sapiens sapiens for generating structured linguistic expressions over a potentially unbounded range; the design of the system is determined by a genetic endowment, external stimuli, and natural laws. With such an expansive scope, the thesis can be thoroughly explored only through interdisciplinary enterprises—the organization of which is the desideratum of the Cambridge Biolinguistics Initiative (CBI). We welcome you to participate in this most exciting endeavor. (Continue this manifesto.)

24 February 2011

Meeting Monday 28 February (6:00PM SHARP)

CBI shall convene on Monday 28 February at 6:00PM sharp in King’s College (F6) to discuss the work of Steven Pinker; the extensive reading is enumerated in the Papers and Presentations.
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