Synchronic vs. Diachronic Explanation and the Nature of ...

And the Natureof the Language FacultyStephen R. Anderson11 Department of Linguistics, Yale University, New Haven, CT,USA, 06520 8366 Xxxx. Xxx. Xxx. Xxx. YYYY. AA:1 22 This article s ((please add article doi))Copyright YYYY by Annual rights reservedKeywordsSynchrony, Diachronic change, Explanation , Language Faculty,learning algorithm, cross-linguistic generalizationAbstractThe nineteenth century conception that linguistic structure was to beexplained by recourse to the histories of languages was largely aban-doned with the rise of Synchronic theories in the twentieth century, buthas recently returned to prominence. While traditional generative the-ories of language have tended to attribute cross-linguistic regularitiesto constraints imposed on the class of possible grammars by the hu-man Language Faculty, some scholars have argued that this isoften amistake: that there are no (or at least very few) real substantive uni-versals of language, and that the regularities in question arise on thebasis of common paths of Diachronic change having their basis in fac-tors outside of th

understanding of the ways sound systems can be altered in transmission across generations, a point that will be important in discussion below. interpretations and connotations in the literature which might give rise to confusion. www.annualreviews.org • Synchronic vs. Diachronic Explanation and the Language Faculty 3

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