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The founder of modern linguistics, Noam Chomsky, was famous for decades for his dismissal of interest in the evolution of language. In recent years he has moderated his position and in a lecture recently made available on line (here, registration required) he outlines his scenario for how language evolved. It is about as different from the account being developed on this blog as a theory can be, making it of keen interest because it forces me to ask whether I have gone hopelessly astray and should change course quite sharply.

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2 Responses to “Babel’s Dawn: Chomsky’s Theory of Language Origins”

Richard W. Says:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:50 pm e
I only wrote “The Babel Theory of Language” last Saturday - with no idea of this Chomsky piece…strange or what !?

http://gatwickcity.phpbb3now.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=578

Richard W. Symonds
GATWICK CITY OF IDEAS
Richard W. Says:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm e
And I still can’t access “BIOLINGUISTICS” despite registering twice.

Can anyone send me the Chomsky piece - I’m desperate to know if there is any similarity of the ‘Babel’ ideas.

Thanks

Richard

Babel’s Dawn: Chomsky’s Theory of Language Origins

2 Responses to “Babel’s Dawn: Chomsky’s Theory of Language Origins”

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