Robert: I apologize. There was no need for me to insist on a bibliography. We are not writing research papers in this forum. We are simply having a good time (?). Eduard On Sun, 03 Sep 2006, Robert Yates wrote... >Eduard, > >This is not exactly the way to carry on a conversation on the internet. > >Given your views on Pinker, I cited it because it is a source you should >have. (You will note when I cited the work of Goldin-Meadow and >Mylander I provided a source. Pinker does not cite this work.) > >I had the good fortune of doing my graduate work at the same time at >the same place Jenny Singleton was doing her research on Simon. >I heard Singleton more than once on her data and I have her dissertation >in my files. > >If you want the exact reference to this work, consult Pinker. Why does >not giving you the exact reference make my summary not worthy of a >response? > >You apparently want exact references. > >Gordon, P. (1986). Level ordering in lexical development. Cognition, >21, 73-93. > >Now, did I misrepresent this research? >If I represented the research correctly, does it provide support for an >innate hypothesis or how would you explain it from a non-innate >perspective? > >By the way, assuming Singleton correctly reports on the ASL of Simon and >his parents, how would you explain the fact the his ASL is more >native-like than his parents' ASL, yet his only input was his parents' >non-native ASL? > >You may provide general quotations of people all you want, but where is >the evidence to support those claims? When I did my graduate work, I >did not learn that appeal to authority was a convincing argument. Was >this a serious deficit in my education. > >Bob Yates, Central Missouri State University > >Oh, I did a little analysis of Sampson, YOUR source. I pointed out a >problem with his research and reasoning for claiming language cannot be >innate. Your silence on my analysis is noteworthy. To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/