Chomsky and Knowledge of Language

Chomsky's linguistic theory has changed how to learn traditional words. The nature of knowledge is closely related to human knowledge. It is a logical step to generalize Chomsky's theory to research on the relationship between language and the world, especially to the study of truth and reference. But his theory is always controversial and the suggestion of his "born idea" has been resisted by some experientists who think he is a rationalist. In our opinion, these experiences have made mistakes.

Naturally, classical arguments (1) and (2) on social ontology failure come from Chomsky. In "Language knowledge" (1986), he explains why it is a scientific mistake to turn our research into an externalized language or electronic language. He thinks that the electronic language is "not a real world object, but an artificial, somewhat arbitrary, perhaps a very interesting structure" (1986: 26). This is because Chinese dialects are as diverse as romance, but linguistic folk understanding confuses social and political facts with linguistic facts. Furthermore, fork personalization of language can not be ambiguous, as evidenced by the continuity of dialects, such as a gradual geographic transition from German to Dutch. For these reasons, Chomsky believes that "all scientific methods abandon commonly used elements of the so-called" language "(1986: 15). So far, there is no problem

In 1986, Chomsky proposed similarity with ability / performance, accepted the concept of I language (internal language) which is the native speaker's own linguistic knowledge, but the electronic language (foreign language) is an observable language is. . Speaker output. Chomsky's I language should be the focus of the inquiry, not the electronic language. Electronic languages ​​have been used to describe applications of artificial systems, such as calculus, set theory, and use as a collection of natural languages, but performance is purely used for describing natural language applications. Between I language and ability, I language refers to our own language ability, Chomsky is used as an informal general term or a term that refers to a specific ability such as "grammatical ability" or "practical ability" I will use that ability as.

In Chomsky's view, language ability includes innate knowledge of various language rules, constraints, and principles, and this congenital knowledge constitutes the "initial state" of language ability. Dialogue with the language experiences of a childhood person - when it comes to touching what Chomsky calls "first language data" or "pld", it creates new things. The language knowledge system, knowledge A specific language (such as Chinese or English). The state of this "reached" or "final" language ability constitutes the "language ability" of a person and includes knowledge of language grammar. According to Mr. Chomsky, this knowledge is important for the ability to speak and understand language (which of course is not enough, it will help to further improve "language performance"). Knowledge, use of actual language)