Chomskian linguistics

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Ronald Butters <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:

> Chomsky would say that they are all restatements of each other, and, in turn, restatements of his work, if >they are any good.

Preach, brother Ron!

Not that I've ceased to be a Chomskyite in my dotage, but The Cheese
(because he stands alone) does down competing theories in a manner
very much as Ron describes.

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-Wilson
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