[lbo-talk] munchers

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Tue Jun 9 15:40:20 PDT 2009


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



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