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Mar 3, 2010 · Reflections on language. by. Chomsky, Noam. Publication date. 1975. Topics. Language and languages, Language, Langage et langues, Taalwetenschap. Publisher. New York : Pantheon Books.
Mar 4, 2020 · Language. English. 269 pages ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index. On cognitive capacity -- The object of inquiry -- Some general features of language -- Problems and mysteries in the study of human language. Access-restricted-item. true.
Reflections on Language is a 1975 book in which MIT linguist Noam Chomsky argues for a rationalist approach to human nature. Under this approach, specific capabilities are innate to humans, as opposed to an empiricist approach in which there is no innate human nature but rather a "blank slate" upon which psychological and social forces act. [1]
- Noam Chomsky
- 1975
language is a process of free creation, has a fixed form – a generative process rooted in the nature of the human mind. For the human mind, learning is a kind of reminiscence.
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Noam Chomsky, Reflections on Language. New York: Random House, 1975. 269 pp. One reason Chomsky's work fascinates philosophers is its at-tempt to base traditional rationalist doctrine on linguistic science: Chomsky treats innateness as an empirical thesis, and attempts to establish a rationalist account of human freedom. The ultimate pro-
Son of a Russian emigrant who was a Hebrew scholar, Chomsky was exposed at a young age to the study of language and principles of grammar. During the 1940s, he began developing socialist...
