Re: [Corpora-List] Chomsky

From: Mark P. Line (mark@polymathix.com)
Date: Fri Oct 15 2004 - 04:30:13 MET DST

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    Susana Sotillo said:
    >
    > Mark P. Line wrote:
    >
    >>I've often maintained that Chomsky's writings are merely records of
    >>performance, not competence, and are therefore useless as a source of
    >>information about language.
    >>
    > Are you referring to his writings about language or to his political
    > manifestos? Just curious. :-) ;-)

    I guess the assertion would have to hold for all his writings. But I guess
    he's never intended his political writings to provide information about
    language.

    -- Mark

    Mark P. Line
    Polymathix
    San Antonio, TX



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