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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Harlem
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Jan 20th, 2004, 04:59 PM
Well, it certainly does explain why so many languages have similar underlying principles.
I like the fact that while Chomsky does refer to innate intellectual structures, he avoids a claim of innate knowledge.
As much as I differ from Chomsky politically, I have to give him some credit for pointing out some of the inconsistancies within standard explanations for language.
Personally, I never understood the empiricist's rationale for language anyway. Language had to be created before it could be taught down the generations.
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