Re: Use of Conlang to test Language Universals
| From: | Ronald Craig <rjcraig@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 5, 2009, 1:18 |
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On Feb 5, 2009, at 6:49 AM, And Rosta wrote:
> I felt that the research opportunity that Christopher provided was
> squandered because of the researchers' theoretical agenda.
But isn't that typical of the traditional way of doing things in
Chomskian "science"? ;)
What I really like here is the seeming assumption that the subject's
"remarkable" linguistic abilities differ from the norm in degree only
(?), not in kind.
And of course studies with a sample size of ... one are always
significant.
-Ron
"Pull up an armchair and let's do some Linguistics!"