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Yes there is lots of empirical evidence, children acquire language with very little data, all languages are structured in basically the same hierarchical way, e
by foobarqux 3y ago
Yes there is lots of empirical evidence, children acquire language with very little data, all languages are structured in basically the same hierarchical way, etc. You can try reading what he's written.
- jemmyw 3y agoHumans do take quite a long time to learn though, so maybe the data is sparse but still substantial.
- foobarqux 3y agoThe amount of data that humans are exposed to isn't enough to rule out lots of candidate grammars yet humans land on specific types of grammars. Also, infants acquire some elements of language extremely rapidly.