View Single Post
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 13-Apr-2004, 17:02
MikeNewYork's Avatar
MikeNewYork MikeNewYork is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Country: USA
Location: New York
First Language: American English
Posts: 6,095
Thanks: 0
Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts
MikeNewYork is an unknown quantity at this point
Default Re: The Origin of Language Debate

It seems to me that these are very weak:

Point 3 - There is no language organ
While the location and nature of the LAD (Language Acquisition Device) remain little understood or even identified, language is cerebral, so it is contained within one organ, the brain, about which we know very little.

Ponit 4 - There are no language genes

This is only true if number 3 is, which I find questionable. The fact that the human genome has been published does not mean that we have grasped how it all works, especially diachronically.

__________________
Pope of the Dictionary.com Forum
Moderator of Delphi UsingEnglish Forum
and www.usingenglish.com
Reply With Quote