Genes, lenguaje e innatismo: algunas precisiones

Víctor M. Longa

doi:10.30920/letras.84.119.2

Víctor M. Longa Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30920/letras.84.119.2

Palabras clave: innatismo, Programa Minimalista, Gramática Universal, efecto Baldwin, Biolingüística

Resumen

Desde su aparición, el enfoque biolingüístico ha producido importantes avances en el entendimiento biológico del lenguaje humano. Recientemente, el profesor Raymundo Casas Navarro ha publicado en esta misma revista un trabajo con muchas implicaciones (Casas Navarro 2011), que aborda aspectos centrales del mencionado enfoque. En concreto, su artículo se centra en cómo se debe repensar la noción de innatismo (y cuestiones relacionadas) según las líneas sugeridas por el Programa Minimalista. El presente artículo tiene como objetivo discutir algunas de las principales tesis de Casas Navarro, defendiendo alternativas diferentes a las sostenidas por este autor, con el fin de enfatizar y reforzar todavía más el replanteamiento de los aspectos innatos del lenguaje. Frente a las tesis sostenidas por Casas Navarro, este artículo sostiene, entre otros aspectos, que los planos genético e innato no pueden equipararse.

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