[lbo-talk] munchers

[Miles Jackson]

Michael Smith wrote:
>  
> The language-acquisition problem was central to C's research 
> program from the beginning. He never did any empirical primary 
> investigation of the topic himself -- anybody who knew C. even slightly 
> would smile at the thought of him spending long hours with 
> small children, recording their utterances -- but the late and 
> much-missed Carol Chomsky certainly did.
>   

I have to ask a semi-snarky question: if C. never did any empirical 
work, in what sense did he have a "research program"?

Miles