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>They could not have learned that by feedback

Why not? I'm not saying that grammar doesn't exist, I'm asking why it needs to be innate?

The existence of grammar rules is what allows us to determine if a sentence is grammatically correct. These rules could be learned through experience. Why do they need to be innate?

I believe you don't understand Chomsky's argument. I'm not a die hard behaviourist I just know the behaviourist position well enough to know that your particular formulation of the "language is special" theory is easily refuted.



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