[lbo-talk] Kenneally, some notes and background

[ravi]

On Jun 13, 2009, at 12:10 AM, Alan Rudy wrote:
> Oh, so... despite all the differences in languages the fact that all
> languages have grammar implies that there's a real universal grammar  
> rooted
> in brain structures rather than in the seemingly circular character  
> of the
> abstraction?  Geertz woulda had a field day with this, it may be  
> universal
> but its so indeterminate as to make the universal meaningless...

Alan,

this ridicule is ill-directed and dare I say, ignorant. May I suggest  
the Wikipedia page, at the least, on Generative Grammar or Universal  
Grammar?

Way over quota. Apologies. Did y'all remember to grab your Facebook  
username? Max.B.Sawicky did!

	--ravi