Re: ALERT: Chomsky Giving a Talk on Language Creation?

David Peterson wrote:

> This is what I heard just about thirty minutes ago.  A couple of my
> professors are going to the LSA in Boston, and apparently, allegedly
> (this is second-hand info), Noam Chomsky's going to be giving a talk
> on language creation.  I don't know what about, or why, or really
> anything else.  The LSA website lists the following:
>
> Friday, 9 January 7:30 PM Noam Chomsky (MIT)
> 'Three factors in language design: Background and prospects'
>
> That seems pretty cryptic, to me.  So, a few questions:
>
> 1.) Does anyone have more (or more accurate) information about this?
>
> 2.) Is anyone in Boston/going to the LSA?
>
> 3.) Is there any way we can find out what he says when he says it?
>
> That's it for now.  I'd be interested in hearing about any of this.
> If I'd known that this was going down, I might've tried to go...
>
> -David
Isn't he also an anarchist? I'm an anarchist, so I've been wondering if
he is both a linguist and an anarchist.