Chomsky describes why the word identification method described in the article can’t work in English (though a more elaborate method is one of the few successes he knows in applying statistical methods to language): https://youtu.be/92GOS1VIGxY
The arguments against universal grammar are no good either: For example even though children may hear lots of examples it isn’t nearly enough to derive a hierarchical grammar. It also doesn’t explain why language is hierarchical (just like it doesn’t explain why we can’t speak and hear like a modem)
The arguments against universal grammar are no good either: For example even though children may hear lots of examples it isn’t nearly enough to derive a hierarchical grammar. It also doesn’t explain why language is hierarchical (just like it doesn’t explain why we can’t speak and hear like a modem)