Noam Chomsky Quote

The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to produce new sentences, sentences that are immediately UNDERSTOOD by other speakers although they bear no physical resemblance to sentences which are 'familiar.


Chomsky: Selected Readings (ed. 1975) - ISBN: 9780194371148


The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to produce new...

The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to produce new...

The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to produce new...

The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to produce new...