Universal Grammar: Wittgenstein versus Chomsky
Moyal-Sharrock, Daniele
(2017)
Universal Grammar: Wittgenstein versus Chomsky.
In:
A Companion to Wittgenstein on Education: : Pedagogical Investigations.
Springer Nature, Singapore.
ISBN 978-981-10-3134-2
The motivations for the claim that language is innate are, for many, quite straightforward. The innateness of language is seen as the only way to solve the so-called 'logical problem of language acquisition': the mismatch between linguistic input and linguistic output. In this paper, I begin by unravelling several strands of the nativist argument, offering replies as I go along. I then give an outline of Wittgenstein's view of language acquisition, showing how it renders otiose problems posed by nativists like Chomsky – not least by means of Wittgenstein's own brand of grammar which, unlike Chomsky's, does not reside in the brain, but in our practices.
Item Type | Book Section |
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Additional information | Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, ‘Universal Grammar: Wittgenstein versus Chomsky’ in M. A. Peters and J. Stickney, eds., A Companion to Wittgenstein on Education: Pedagogical Investigations (Singapore: Springer Verlag, 2017), ISBN: 9789811031342 |
Keywords | wittgenstein, chomsky, language acquisitition, nativism, training, universal grammar |
Date Deposited | 15 May 2025 16:37 |
Last Modified | 06 Jun 2025 00:03 |
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