Review of Pinker?

[Michael Tomasello]

Johanna,

There is a review of Pinker's new book by Morris Halle (believe it or
not) in the latest Trends in Cognitive Science (July, 2000, p. 289).
Although he says some complementary things (and also makes some snide
remarks about all of the bppk's anecdotes, jokes, and cartoons), the
main thrust seems to be:

"As the reason for the failure [to account for German plurals] lies in
Pinker's theory, which excludes rules that apply to lists, the theory
must be modified.  The modified theory, however, differs little from
that of Chomsky and Halle (1968).


Mike Tomasello