1. Chomsky, N. The Minimalist Program (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995).Extends the influential Government and Binding framework in theoretical linguistics.
2. Pinker, S. The Language Instinct (William Morrow, New York, 1994).A highly readable overview of language, arguing that it is dependent on innate mental constructs.
3. Fodor, J. A. The Modularity of Mind: an Essay on Faculty Psychology (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983).A clearly reasoned claim that there are distinct mental 'modules' dedicated to different mental capacities.
4. Elman, J. et al. Rethinking Innateness: a Connectionist Perspective on Development (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996).An overview of modern connectionism, arguing that traditional views of cognitive innateness are flawed.
5. Gleason, J. B. & Ratner, N. B. (eds) Psycholinguistics (Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Fort Worth, 1998).