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From The New Yorker, April 16, 2007:
"A lot of people's view of Chomsky [re: linguistics] is of the person in the lead on the jungle path. And if anybody's likely to find the way home it's him. So they want to stay as close behind him as possible. Other people say, 'Fuck that, I'm going to get on the river and take my canoe.'" --Dan Everett
I suppose you can count me as firmly in the canoe. Or maybe riding an elephant. Perhaps just taking a nap while everyone else goes out scouting?
"A lot of people's view of Chomsky [re: linguistics] is of the person in the lead on the jungle path. And if anybody's likely to find the way home it's him. So they want to stay as close behind him as possible. Other people say, 'Fuck that, I'm going to get on the river and take my canoe.'" --Dan Everett
I suppose you can count me as firmly in the canoe. Or maybe riding an elephant. Perhaps just taking a nap while everyone else goes out scouting?
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