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Chomsky made a clear claim – recursion is fundamental to having language. And my paper did in fact present a counterexample. Recursion cannot be fundamental to language if there are languages without it, even just one language without

— Daniel Everett

If some tribe were found in which everyone wears a black patch over one eye, it would have no bearing on the study of binocular vision in the human visual system. [1]

In contrast, descriptive generalizations should be expected to have exceptions, because many factors enter into the observed phenomena. Discovery of such exceptions is often a valuable stimulus for scientific research. [2]

— Noam Chomsky [1] [2]

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Recentemente, pelos vistos, António Costa esperou, “sereno”, «por palavra de Marcelo». Curioso, eu também. Mas foi há muito mais tempo.

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