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Noam Chomsky - Cartesian linguistics was not concerned...

Cartesian linguistics was not concerned simply with descriptive grammar, in this sense, but rather with "grammaire générale,” that is, with the universal principles of language structure. (Noam Chomsky)

Cartesian linguistics was not concerned simply with descriptive grammar, in this sense, but rather with "grammaire générale,” that is, with the universal principles of language structure.

Noam Chomsky

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