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Noam Chomsky is a central figure in linguistics who posits that the human capacity for language is an innate biological structure [1], [2]. He further explores the evolutionary origins of language as a spandrel [3] and emphasizes its universal nature across all human cultures [4].
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Sources of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism, and the Kantian ... press.rebus.community 2 facts
claimNoam Chomsky claims that the innate ability to process language is universal across all cultures, which reiterates the early innatist claim that universality is an indicator of innateness.
claimNoam Chomsky argues that human minds contain innate structures responsible for the capacity to process language because exposure to language is inadequate to account for the ability to speak and understand others.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimNoam Chomsky suggests that language likely evolved as a byproduct of some other adaptation, known as a spandrel, rather than evolving as an adaptation itself.
Epistemology - Belief, Justification, Rationality | Britannica britannica.com 1 fact
perspectiveNoam Chomsky argues that the ability of developmentally normal children to acquire human language despite receiving incomplete and incorrect data proves the existence of innate linguistic structures.