Re: I'm Back & New SpecGram Article

t. the s. wrote:
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I sense that you are not too fond of monsieur Chomsky and his insistence
on binary branching? ;)
 >>

Hee, hee...  Apparently the whole idea came from a 19th century
(or early 20th?) German psychiatrist, who said that all things can
be divided into two parts.  According to the morphology guy
down at UCSD, this directly influenced Chomsky's decision.  I
have no evidence to present for or against this; just repeating what
I've heard.  It doesn't seem unlikely, though.  Oddball things have
influenced facets of various theories in significant ways over the
years...

-David
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