CHAT: Chomskyite

julien eychenne scripsit:

> Amazing, because Chomsky has Jewesh origins, and his father was a hebrew
> teacher.
Just so.  Hence the cynical comment about Chomskyite universality:  "If it
works in English, Italian, and Hebrew, it's universal."

"I do not wish to be called a Chomskyite, as if I were a believer in
some absurd religion."
        -- Some professional linguist or other

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