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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 12 Dec 2015

    Chomsky Was Right, NYU Researchers Find: We Do Have a “Grammar” in Our Headhttp://goo.gl/VzRaBa 

    11:30 AM - 12 Dec 2015
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      1. Andrew & Sabrina‏ @PsychScientists 12 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker this paper is fine but has nothing to say about Chomsky (literally or otherwise)

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      1. Aethusa cynⓐpium‏ @Iteration23 12 Dec 2015
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        .@sapinker @guenterhack Try it with Welsh. Chinese languages are too close to English as regards structure.

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      2. ErikLiddell‏ @ErikLiddell 13 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Interesting. Is there an analogous way to test whether narrative grammars and literary archetypes have a deep neural substrate?

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      3. Paul Harland‏ @PabloRedux 14 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ErikLiddell

        @ErikLiddell Isn't a phrase or sentence an incomplete narrative structure? @sapinker But are there hierarchies of cars etc? @PsychScientists

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      4. ErikLiddell‏ @ErikLiddell 14 Dec 2015
        Replying to @PabloRedux

        @PabloRedux @sapinker @PsychScientists Yes, I suppose; then the q. is does hierarchical neuro-tracking continue at higher narrative levels?

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      5. Paul Harland‏ @PabloRedux 14 Dec 2015
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        @ErikLiddell But isolated from any possible meaning? Guess: story forms learned; how actors relate partly innate? @sapinker @PsychScientists

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      1. Aethusa cynⓐpium‏ @Iteration23 12 Dec 2015
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        .@sapinker @guenterhack Bad science (as typical for Nature these days). Need to test languages with unusual grammar.

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      1. Matt Zeta Baen‏ @MattZetaBaen 12 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Interesting study, but tells us nothing about the innateness of grammar.

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      1. Charles Heim‏ @CharlesHeim 13 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Can't wait to read more about it in the NY @nytimes ;)

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      1. Denis Joseph Barrow‏ @djbarrow 13 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @pio_o_con interesting a bios/instinct for grammar.

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      1. mambo_bab_e‏ @mambo_bab_e 12 Dec 2015
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        .@sapinker I could not find proofs here. But isn't it natural to understand acquired word's association also show internal grammar?

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      1. Andreas B.‏ @Cyreth 12 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker "34 native listeners of Mandarin Chinese [...] 13 native listeners of American English [...] participated in the study." Oh, well.

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      1. ResistanceNotFutile‏ @ReasonWinz 12 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Indeed he was. What a shocker.

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      1. Gazali‏ @_gazali_ 12 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Well that requires further study.'Cause that doesn't differentiates whether 'internal grammar' is due to learned behavior or else

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      1. Joscha Bach‏ @Plinz 12 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker This is not Chomsky’s distinct idea…

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      1. Jim Wright‏ @jimwright88 12 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Any suggestions why some people's grammar (e.g., mine) keeps getting worse?

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      1. tim archer‏ @OhBlimey 12 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker now, will someone prove Bernstein right - that we also have a deep musical grammar ...?

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