> some evolved language structures in the brain.
That's Chomsky's argument. A small set of constraints for organizing language.
That's Chomsky's argument. A small set of constraints for organizing language.
Put a kid from one language tradition in a spot with a different language tradition, and they won't be able to learn it.
Eg. kids with native mandarin speaking parents adopted to native Indo-European parents fail at learning English, and will be better at learning Mandarin than their peers with Indo-European heritage.