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"The supposition that everyone in a linguistic community shares the same grammar is a central tenet of Noam Chomsky's theory of universal grammar." Clearly the
by kevinpet 16y ago
"The supposition that everyone in a linguistic community shares the same grammar is a central tenet of Noam Chomsky's theory of universal grammar."
Clearly the author of this article does not understand the basics of linguistics. I suspect that he or she does no better than chance in summarizing the results of research.
- dmlorenzetti 16y agoNot to mention the fact that the title is wrong. "Many English speakers cannot understand basic grammar" should read "do not"-- as evidenced by the statement "Participants with low levels of educational attainment were given instruction following the tests, and they were able to learn the constructions very quickly."