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
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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.


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