A note on empiricism and structure-dependence
A note on empiricism and structure-dependence
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关于经验主义和结构依赖性的注释
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发表时间：
1981
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
N. Stemmer
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作者：
N. Stemmer
乔姆斯基在一些出版物中表达了他的观点，即语言习得的理性主义理论比经验主义理论更充分（例如 1965、1968、1975）。他的主要原因是，经验主义者赋予儿童的先天能力不足以解释儿童获得的语言能力的基础能力。例如，他认为，经验主义者仅将一般学习能力归因于儿童，因此无法解释他们在分析他们所接触的语言时使用结构依赖规则的倾向（1975：153-5）。在早期的出版物中，我捍卫了不同的观点（Stemmer 1971,1973 a, 19736, 1978）。我一直认为经验主义语言理论确实是足够的。我特别指出，根据功能相似性进行概括的能力是一种普遍的学习能力，它说明了语言使用的创造性方面。然而，我还没有直接讨论结构依赖性。因此，在本文中，我将指出经验主义者如何解释儿童使用依赖于结构的规则的倾向。
In several publications, Chomsky has expressed his opinion that rationalist theories of language acquisition are more adequate than empiricist ones (e.g. 1965, 1968, 1975). His main reason is that the innate capacities which empiricists attribute to children are insufficient to account for the capacity which underlies the linguistic competence that children acquire. He argues, for example, that by attributing to children only general learning capacities, the empiricist cannot explain their tendency to use structure-dependent rules when analysing the language to which they are exposed (1975: 153—5). In earlier publications, I have defended a different view (Stemmer 1971,1973 a, 19736, 1978). I have maintained that empiricist theories of language indeed are adequate. In particular, I have pointed out that the capacity to generalize according to functional similarity which is a general learning capacity accounts for the creative aspect of language use. However, I have not dealt directly with structure-dependence. In this note, I shall therefore indicate how empiricists explain the children's tendency to use structure-dependent rules.