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Re: CHAT: Chomskyite

From:And Rosta <a-rosta@...>
Date:Saturday, July 27, 2002, 20:03
John Cowan
> "I do not wish to be called a Chomskyite, as if I were a believer in > some absurd religion." > -- Some professional linguist or other
I've only heard the term used in exactly that pejorative way. Interestingly, I haven't heard it for many years, probably because the non-chomskyan strands in linguistics have gained in maturity and establishedness both inside and outside grammatical theory. Chomsky has helped in this regard: though he is disdainful of approaches other than his own, he reinvents his theory once a decade, which prevents the intellectually lazy from hitching a permanent career-long ride on his bandwagon. --And.

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