| Lemma | cultural mechanism |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Hockett (1958) |
| Titolo | A Course in Modern Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | genetic mechanism (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | […] The other is the ‘cultural’ mechanism. The acquisition of a habit via the cultural mechanism involves learning, as when a rat learns to run a maze or a child learns a language, but learning alone is not enough to render a habit cultural. |