Re: virus: Chomsky, language genesis.

Eva-Lise Carlstrom (eva-lise@efn.org)
Fri, 11 Apr 1997 14:39:20 -0700 (PDT)


On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Corey A. Cook wrote:

> Eva wrote:
> >I recommend Stephen Pinker's book _The Language Instinct_.
>
> Could you provide a review, please?

Well, hm. I guess not until I finish moving and thus have my copy
available for reference. The thesis is that humans have an instinct to
learn language, but I don't want to go beyond that without it handy, for
fear of horribly misquoting something.

Eva