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Contemporary linguistics is to Chomsky as psychology is to Freud.
by gaius 10y ago
Contemporary linguistics is to Chomsky as psychology is to Freud.
- omginternets 10y agoCare to elaborate?
- extra88 10y agoMy guess is both elevated and popularized their fields and are the only practitioner most people can name. However, almost none of their theories have held up over time.
- omginternets 10y agoClearly. I'm interested in how the field has evolved relative to Chomsky.
- stcredzero 10y agoThe Chomsky hierarchy is very useful. Knowledge of it distilled as theory of automata is basic Comp Sci literacy. I've heard of instances where ignorance of such had large consequences.