Against Taking Linguistic Diversity at "Face Value"
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Pesetsky, David
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October 2009
Journal
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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Cambridge University Press
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David Pesetsky (2009). Against taking linguistic diversity at “face value”. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32 , pp 464-465
doi:10.1017/S0140525X09990562
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Abstract
Evans & Levinson (E&L)advocate taking linguistic diversity at "face value". Their argument consists of a list
of diverse phenomena, and the assertion that no non-vacuous theory could possibly uncover a
meaningful unity underlying them. I argue, with evidence from Tlingit and Warlpiri, that E&L's list
itself should not be taken at face value — and that the actual research record already demonstrates
unity amidst diversity.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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