Re: Language versus concept

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From: Peter T. Daniels
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:21

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On Sep 4, 7:38 am, "Glen M. Sizemore" <gmsizemo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@verizon.net> wrote in messagenews:1188872493.332157.31480@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> > On Sep 3, 9:17 pm, Doug Morse <mo...@edoug.org> wrote:

> >> >  The notion of "concept" is generally invoked when the stimuli
> >> > controlling
> >> >  behavior
>
> > Maybe the single most important contribution of Noam Chomsky to
> > linguistics happened in 1959 and had little or nothing to do with the
> > "transformational-generative grammar" he was just beginning to
> > develop. He showed that behaviorism -- specifically, Skinner's *Verbal
> > Behavior* -- was unable to explain anything about human language.
> > Language is _not_ an example of stimulus and response.
>
> Chomsky showed nothing of the sort, and Skinner's is not a
> "stimulus-response" position. Skinner's book remains cogent but only
> behaviorists read it since Chomsky's "review." BTW, Chomsky never read the
> book - ask Searle.

Yeah, Searle is a reliable witness to _anything_ regarding Chomsky.

Name some contributions of behaviorist psychology to the study and
understanding of language?

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