Faculty of Language

Like any other organized body of doctrine, science has its founding myths. Modern science has two central ones: (i) That there exists a non...

The facts are clear: nothing does language like humans do. Nothing even comes close. I've repeatedly made this point. But it comes with ...

I have been pessimistic of late concerning the fate of linguistics.   It’s not that I think it is in intellectual trouble (I actually canno...

The Moocs, it seems, have come and gone. A short but bright life that likely made some people a lot of money, occupied the...

Pity the non Chomskyans! They don’t value their work except in opposition to what Chomsky does (or doesn’t). The only glory they prize is r...