OAO - Chomsky

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Well, it certainly does explain why so many languages have similar underlying principles.

I like the fact that while Chomsky does refer to innate intellectual structures, he avoids a claim of innate knowledge.

As much as I differ from Chomsky politically, I have to give him some credit for pointing out some of the inconsistancies within standard explanations for language.

Personally, I never understood the empiricist's rationale for language anyway. Language had to be created before it could be taught down the generations.