It takes the average reader 3 hours and 30 minutes to read Born to Parse by David W. Lightfoot
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
An argument that children are born to assign structures to their ambient language, which feeds a view of language variation not based on parameters defined at UG. In this book, David Lightfoot argues that just as some birds are born to chirp, humans are born to parse--predisposed to assign linguistic structures to their ambient external language. This approach to language acquisition makes two contributions to the development of Minimalist thinking.
Born to Parse by David W. Lightfoot is 210 pages long, and a total of 52,500 words.
This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 64% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 46 minutes to read Born to Parse aloud.
Born to Parse is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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