Italian and the Discovery of Universal Grammar

Sep 30, 2014 963

When: October 27, 2014 — 6 to 9 p.m.
Where: swissnex Boston – 420 Broadway, Cambridge , MA
swissnex Boston and the Consulate General of Italy are celebrating the Settimana della Lingua Italiana. As part of this special series, an expert panel will discuss the universal character of the Italian language.

The Subject Which Wasn't There: Andrea Moro
We will see how scientific reflections on Italian language paved the way toward a better understanding of the architecture of human language and shed light on the mysterious phenomenon of spontaneous language acquisition by children. We will see some historical examples centred on the special behaviour of verbs in Italian and the possibility not to express the subject in sentences.

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Fonte: Bostoniano

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