moving beyond

[Mills, Carl (MILLSCR)]

I was contemplating a long reply to TG's comments, most of which are quite
cogent, when Cliff's remarks came in.  What he said, y'all.

Chairs

Carl

Carl Mills
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of English and Comparative Literature
University of Cincinnati

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> From:         Clifford Lutton
> Reply To:     lexes at MINDSPRING.COM
> Sent:         Tuesday, February 5, 2002 5:39 AM
> To:   FUNKNET at LISTSERV.RICE.EDU
> Subject:      Re: moving beyond
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>     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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