A dim monocular view of Universal-Grammar access

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 19 (4):716-717 (1996)
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This target article's handling of theory and data and the range of evidence surveyed for its main contention fall short of normal BBS standards. However, the contention itself is reasonable and can be supported if one rejects the metaphor for linguistic competence and accepts that are no more than the way the brain does language

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