Ep. 323: Acquiring Language: Tomasello vs. Chomsky (Part Two for Supporters) (opens in new tab)

Continuing on Michael Tomasello's "Language Is Not an Instinct" (1995) and Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition (2003). With guest Christopher Heath. We get into more of the factors that drove Chomsky and Pinker to argue that language is largely innate and how Tomasello rebuts these claims. The post Ep. 323: Acquiring Language: Tomasello vs. Chomsky (Part Two for Supporters) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.