Re: The things one finds

Ed Heil wrote:

> Well, Matt, if the shoe don't fit, don't wear it.
>
> It sure fits Chomsky himself, who was the only person I mentioned in
> the post that bothered you.
I guess I was confused by your use of the phrase "the vast majority
of mainstream academic linguists", which seems to embrace a larger
portion of the field than just Chomsky himself.  Besides which, the
name Chomsky is frequently used as a cover term for generative
linguistics, or principles-&-parameters/minimalist theory in general,
as if his work were necessarily representative of the field (I don't
think it is, personally).  When I spoke of stereotyping, this is
precisely
what I meant - taking Chomsky's theoretical and methodological
shortcomings (real or imagined) and attributing them to "the vast
majority of mainstream academic linguists".

Matt.