[Corpora-List] Chomsky

[Mark P. Line]

Lou-at-home said:
> I find it ironic that so many contributors to this thread are at pains
> to find evidence for what Chomsky actually said or didn't say. Surely as
> good Chomskyites they should be more concerned with establishing what he
> *ought to have said*?


I've often maintained that Chomsky's writings are merely records of
performance, not competence, and are therefore useless as a source of
information about language.


-- Mark

Mark P. Line
Polymathix
San Antonio, TX