How children pick up a language: denying Chomsky 2 (Humans)

by David Turell , Thursday, September 08, 2016, 21:15 (2996 days ago) @ dhw

QUOTE: “Universal grammar appears to have reached a final impasse. In its place, research on usage-based linguistics can provide a path forward for empirical studies of learning, use and historical development of the world's 6,000 languages."
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> David's comment: Very long article which makes many points that refute Chomsky, but in no sense removes the uniqueness of human language and speech.
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> dhw:I agree with all the points refuting Chomsky. If we take language to mean human language, then of course human language is unique. If we take language to mean a system of communication, all organisms have their own unique languages.-'Unique' simply means peculiar to that group. No language comes close to human communication. It is different in kind. I won't let comments like yours get by.