Are Words in Your Brain?

First: I cannot believe you struck up this thread without telling me .Second: Your article is really long and off-putting. And judging by a few of the paragraphs I read, this sounds like a lot of CCoI malarkey. Some old coon trying to play to his CCoI audience by demeaning the other side's point simply because they did not assume the existence of some magical fairy realm in doing their science. So, maybe there is a more specific point to this article that you would like to discuss? Otherwise, I can just shrink out of here quietly and pretend I never even bothered participating (since I don't plan on reading the article).Third: Good thing to ponder. In fact, the theories of Generative Grammar and Transformational Grammar (which are very much the same) are very hot in the field of linguistics right now. Though, they are by no means undisputed (especially the very rigid Chomskyan versions), and especially by me. Another nice thought. Check out the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis for more on that. (By the way, most of those notions have been pretty much completely refuted these days, as the wiki article points out. The effect one's language has on one's thought patterns/processes is much less than SWH supposes.)Jon

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Jeesh, folks! There's already a thread for talking about animal speech/communication. Maybe we could talk about something different around this place for a change?Let's start by shifting our focus back to the subject of the OP: "Are Words in Your Brain?" Then after that, we could address Phat's concluding questions: These really are more interesting topics than the hash you folks keep (re)coughing up.Jon

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