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.)

26 January 2012

Meeting Monday 28th November

For our final meeting of term, we discussed possible correlates of phonology in animals, considering a recent paper on this topic by Samuels, Hauser, and Boeckx. Thanks to Iain Mobbs and Alison Biggs for suggesting this reading!
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