Thoughts you get when you're slightly drunk

[oloriel]

So if it's Pentecoste* because the Holy Ghost came among the disciples of Christ, and they were able to suddenly speak and understand all sorts of languages --- does that mean Holy Ghost = Universal Grammar?

Ok, perhaps this post should be titled "Thoughts linguists get when they're slightly drunk".

*hides*

*Yes, I know that the correct English spelling would be Pentecost, but the Greek is Pentekoste, so I can damn well stick an "e" to the word if I feel like it.

Comments

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

But Universal Grammar is still what (theoretically) enables you to learn any language as a native language, right when you're setting out to, you know, learn being human. It's just the set paramaters that - in the end - limits you to one particular system.
Ok ok, so perhaps it's like a UG reset? ;)

[yoodi.livejournal.com]

That sounds more plausible, yes. ^-^