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Devitt, Michael. 2006. Ignorance of Language. Oxford University Press. 320 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

This controversial study argues that linguistics concern linguistic reality and that they do not make up a part of psychology; that there is no representation of linguistic rules in the mind; that speakers are mainly ignorant of their language; that speakers' intuitions do not mirror information advanced by the language faculty and that they do not constitue the key evidence for grammars; that "Universal Grammar" rules are predominantly innate structure rules of thought.