moving beyond

[Clifford Lutton]

    There is a point of diminishing returns in most endeavors.  The perpetuation of activities producing diminishing returns eventually produces negative returns.  
    The good that Chomsky's "revolution" brought long ago began to produce diminishing returns.  IMNSHO, "moving beyond" Chomsky should not become a substitute for actually engaging in activities that produce positive returns.  
    The best way to move beyond Chomsky is to give him his due and then, simply, move on.
    BTW, has anyone recently produced, or is anyone working on a compendium of the contributions of linguistics to the cognitive sciences?
    Cliff Lutton
    contraricus at mindspring.com
  
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