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The Ars article way over-states the significance. It should really say something like "Chomsky was wrong, languages are not only head-first or complement-first
by williamdix 15y ago
The Ars article way over-states the significance. It should really say something like "Chomsky was wrong, languages are not only head-first or complement-first, and they only appear that way because of cultural inheritance, not universal rules" But that's not very exciting, is it?