
Cognition
Evidence Rebuts Chomsky’s Theory of Language Learning
Much of Noam Chomsky’s revolution in linguistics—including its account of the way we learn languages—is being overturned
Paul Ibbotson is a lecturer in language development at the Open University, based in England. Credit: Nick Higgins
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