The Dread Slender Gnome on Nostr: To all fellow language nerds out there, here's a nifty little 1h+ explanation of why ...

To all fellow language nerds out there, here's a nifty little 1h+ explanation of why Chomsky's generative grammar can't work.
I only wish I'd had access to this twenty years ago, when it was recorded. Oh well, c’est la vie

And in general, I wish I'd had grammar and semantics lecturers who explained things as clearly as George Lakoff does. No wonder he's a linguistics superstar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=umF-jv3AQtY&list=PLez3PPtnpncRMUUCgnaZO2WHdEvWwpkpa