steven pinker the language instinct music

Prior to him, social scientists thought, consistent with the dominant Behaviorist perspective of the day and also with common sense , that children picked up language from those around them through simple exposure, imitation, and reinforcement. Create fill in the blanks game. Smoke and mirrors are interesting when used in magic shows, but infuriating when used in academic prose. With his hawkish proclamations of the existence of Universal Grammar and his complete dismissal of any criticism, Noam Chomsky has done more harm than good to linguistics. Skip to main content.

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