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I don't know anywhere that Chomsky (or anyone) claimed that ALL languages are based on the same fundamental structures, but Wikipedia talks about it, and has li
by ktRolster 10y ago
I don't know anywhere that Chomsky (or anyone) claimed that ALL languages are based on the same fundamental structures, but Wikipedia talks about it, and has links to articles showing that Everett's own examples include recursion. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_language#Recent_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_language#Recent_co...
- bambax 10y agoThe paragraph on Wikipedia has links to a grand total of 3 articles, one of which by Everett himself, and the other two by the same trio of people. So it's disingenuous to write that Wikipedia "has links to articles". Wikipedia points to a controversy started by 3 people, to which Everett responded, to which the same 3 people responded again. It's difficult to go any further since said articles are behind a paywall.