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Nobody says that exposure to the target language is irrelevant and Chomsky's political views are completely beside the point.
by emodendroket 4y ago
Nobody says that exposure to the target language is irrelevant and Chomsky's political views are completely beside the point.
- genman 4y agoHe didn't claim that it is irrelevant, he said that it can be very small. This is clearly wrong based on empirical evidence that can be quantified based on hours of exposure to one or another language. It is enough to show a single counter example to his claim. Explaining away genocide is not a political view.
- hackandthink 4y agoAs far as I know: Chomsky did not support the Khmer Rouge - he questioned information about the Cambodian genocide. I read Henry Kissinger's China book. He seemed to be not purely happy about US Cambodia politics. (but reasons) "Allegations of United States support for the Khmer Rouge" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_United_States_support_for_the_Khmer_Rouge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_United_States_s...