Chomsky doesn't think we should be trying to observe how people use language on a mass scale, so screw him imo. See: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=318

Chomsky doesn't think we should be trying to observe how people use language on a mass scale, so screw him imo. See: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3180 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3180 "The other argument has to do with the methods of science: Chomsky argues for "very intricate experiments that are radically abstracted from natural conditions". "