Edward Gibson

Well, if it were just a communication, then we should have languages which have very, very free word order, and we don't have that. We have freer, but not free... Like, there's always...

Well, if it were just a communication, then we should have languages which have very, very free word order, and we don't have that. We have freer, but not free... Like, there's always...

Yes, that's true for a second language.

Yes, that's true for a second language.

Yes, that's true for a second language.

But that depends on what you started with.

But that depends on what you started with.

But that depends on what you started with.

so it really depends on how close that second language is to the first language you've got and so yes it's very very hard to learn Arabic if you've started with English or it's hard to learn Japanese or if you've started with Chinese I think is the worst there's like Defense Language Institute in the United States has like a list of how hard it is to learn what language from English I think Chinese is the worst you're saying babies don't care

so it really depends on how close that second language is to the first language you've got and so yes it's very very hard to learn Arabic if you've started with English or it's hard to learn Japanese or if you've started with Chinese I think is the worst there's like Defense Language Institute in the United States has like a list of how hard it is to learn what language from English I think Chinese is the worst you're saying babies don't care

so it really depends on how close that second language is to the first language you've got and so yes it's very very hard to learn Arabic if you've started with English or it's hard to learn Japanese or if you've started with Chinese I think is the worst there's like Defense Language Institute in the United States has like a list of how hard it is to learn what language from English I think Chinese is the worst you're saying babies don't care

No. There's no evidence that there's anything harder or easier about any language learned. By three or four, they speak that language. And so there's no evidence of anything harder or easier about any human language. They're all kind of equal.

No. There's no evidence that there's anything harder or easier about any language learned. By three or four, they speak that language. And so there's no evidence of anything harder or easier about any human language. They're all kind of equal.

No. There's no evidence that there's anything harder or easier about any language learned. By three or four, they speak that language. And so there's no evidence of anything harder or easier about any human language. They're all kind of equal.

The answer is I don't know, of course. I'm an engineer at heart, I guess, and I think it's fine to postulate that a lot of it's learned. I'm guessing that a lot of it's learned. I think the reason Chomsky went with the innateness is because he hypothesized movement in his grammar. He was interested in grammar and movement's hard to learn. I think he's right.

The answer is I don't know, of course. I'm an engineer at heart, I guess, and I think it's fine to postulate that a lot of it's learned. I'm guessing that a lot of it's learned. I think the reason Chomsky went with the innateness is because he hypothesized movement in his grammar. He was interested in grammar and movement's hard to learn. I think he's right.

The answer is I don't know, of course. I'm an engineer at heart, I guess, and I think it's fine to postulate that a lot of it's learned. I'm guessing that a lot of it's learned. I think the reason Chomsky went with the innateness is because he hypothesized movement in his grammar. He was interested in grammar and movement's hard to learn. I think he's right.

Movement is a hard, it's a hard thing to learn, to learn these two things together and how they interact. And there's like a lot of ways in which you might generate exactly the same sentences and it's like really hard. And so he's like, oh, I guess it's learned. Sorry, I guess it's not learned, it's innate.

Movement is a hard, it's a hard thing to learn, to learn these two things together and how they interact. And there's like a lot of ways in which you might generate exactly the same sentences and it's like really hard. And so he's like, oh, I guess it's learned. Sorry, I guess it's not learned, it's innate.

Movement is a hard, it's a hard thing to learn, to learn these two things together and how they interact. And there's like a lot of ways in which you might generate exactly the same sentences and it's like really hard. And so he's like, oh, I guess it's learned. Sorry, I guess it's not learned, it's innate.