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> some evolved language structures in the brain. That's Chomsky's argument. A small set of constraints for organizing language.

• 8note 3y ago
  This is testable, right? Put a kid from one language tradition in a spot with a different language tradition, and they won't be able to learn it. Eg. kids with native mandarin speaking parents adopted to native Indo-European parents fail at learning English, and will be better at learning Mandarin than their peers with Indo-European heritage.
  • mcguire 3y ago
    That doesn't work. Children will learn whatever language they are exposed to. That is why Chomsky and others talk in terms of a universal grammar.
  • IshKebab 3y ago
    I don't think anyone is suggesting that the brain has structures that are specific to a particular language.