text_combined: innateness nt get involved goes joe stemberger stemberger ellvax vx acs umn edu writes one last statement implicit much work linguistics theory genetics ontogeny evolutionary biology sure modern linguistic assumptions innateness would fit real well nt copy origin species cant give real quote lines remind forcefully problem early evolutionary biologists faced one darwin painfully aware darwin theory genetics fact current ideas genetics made precisely wrong predictions evolution thought new trait would simply blended already existing traits instead remaining discreet inheritable trait nt mendel work heredity rediscovered 1930 recall correctly theory evolution way explaining newly developed traits lost population like single water drop would lost ocean history science full new theories appear fatal flaws theories accepted anyway faith explanation turn later another example idea planets revolve around sun space rather attached crystal spheres rotate around earth earth holds orbits stemberger also writes never understood makes difference linguistic theory whether highly languagespecific information innate yes makes lot difference e g language acquisition beyond scope linguists considered essential study acquisition warlpiri study adult grammar linguists study adult grammar main principles grammar come studies adult grammar makes difference simply writing grammars attempt descriptively adequate sense descriptive adequacy chomsky writes aspects clear really theory anything hand want explanatorily adequate theory linguistics need worry learner comes right rules linguist even brilliant ever come descriptively adequate grammar language whereas every child limit level retarded children guess comes way producing understanding language descriptively adequate way regardless believe whether child produces descriptively adequate grammar great mystery linguists nt studied child acquisition stemberger using slight hyperbole simply made decision investigate problem nt thing real problem mike maxwell phone 704 8436369 jaars internet maxwell jaars sil org box 248 waxhaw nc 28173