37: Generativism 1: How It Started (with David Adger and John Goldsmith)
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Episode page with show notes: http://becauselanguage.com/37-generativism-1-how-it-started/ Support the show on Patreon: http://patreon.com/join/becuselangpod/ We’re doing a deep dive into generativism, the linguistic school of thought championed by Noam Chomsky. What is generativism, and what are its claims? What is the relationship to nativism, the idea that some aspects language are inborn? And what should the next generation of generative linguists keep in mind?
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