Faculty of Language

  Here is my first rule of research:  Those things not worth doing are not worth doing well.  So, qua generativ...

In my next post, I’ll discuss the I-language/E-language distinction that Chomsky introduced in Knowledge of Language . The history of th...

The management has kindly invited me to post, from time to time, on matters related to the faculty of language. Complaining has been enc...

Imagine the following not uncommon scenario: Theory T claims that explaining the particulars of phenomenon P requires assumptions A 1 ….A ...

I am an unabashed and irritatingly vocal admirer of Chomsky’s many intellectual contributions. I read everything he wri...

Ever since Randy Gallistel came to UMD to give a series of lectures that eventually became his book (with Adam King) Memory and the Comp...

Linguists should applaud recent efforts by the Royal Society to inject humor into research on language.  Clearly, the Royals believe tha...