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.
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