Colourless green ideas sleep furiously, says Noam Chomsky.
2006-08-05 06:26:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Chomsky rules. I don't know that that statement was a claim of his...I also doubt he uses the British spelling of "colorless"--does he? He has a harder time getting his political stuff published in the US than his linguistic stuff.
2006-08-06 01:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Chomsky was pointing out that we can 'understand' sentences even when they make no sense. This shows that we way we 'get' language has very little to do with relying on it to 'tell' us something.
Chomsky never got it wrong. He also said America was getting whupped in Vietnam.
2006-08-05 10:13:09 · answer #2 · answered by insincere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From wikipedia:
"Chomsky is credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar"
Translation: "Chomsky makes it up as he goes along"
2006-08-05 06:39:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see Red, says me, all full
of bull.
I'd rather be blue, says gloo...m.
Too yellow to say his name in full ....m
I'm tight, said all white. Well, I'm down, said brown
Prince says he's is the purple, so what says Pink.
So, that's it Jack! Its all ....
BLACK
BTW, if you dont care, a colour, even with emotion... is colourless.
Noam said colourless green .... think of it.
2006-08-05 07:03:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And you shall awake at 8:45 am said my mother back on 7th grade!
2006-08-05 09:02:51 · answer #5 · answered by Leididanger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beware the visgoths.
2006-08-05 06:31:07 · answer #6 · answered by emmadropit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good ... next time be more careful
2006-08-05 06:34:49 · answer #7 · answered by Luay14 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this poetry?
2006-08-05 06:35:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And what is that supposed to mean??????????
2006-08-05 06:30:55 · answer #9 · answered by angieasee64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT THE.................?
2006-08-05 06:46:36 · answer #10 · answered by bobcat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋