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Cunning Linguist (lemmy.world)

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[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

idk shit about his politics, but for linguistics, I am not a big fan. Universal Grammar is wrong, and the dogma surrounding it is even worse.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just love how he and Skinner had it out. Skinner wrote "Verbal Behavior", Chomsky responded, and Skinner's takeaway was "well, he didn't read this at all." And declared himself the winner. Meanwhile Chomsky was expecting a rebuttal, never got one, and declared himself the winner.

[–] Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah like everyone wonders a little bit whether there is an intrinsic grammar to human biology but saying there are feature/s that every language shares is a strange and reductionist claim.