Let us begin by considering language as a form of knowledge and the human capacity for language as the capacity to acquire and use that kind of knowledge. ..... It is a fundamental assumption that there can be a general theory of language, a theory that is more than a collection of descriptions of particular languages, a theory that can teach us something about the underlying human capacity for lanagage.
――群馬大学 前期日程(2月25日実施)――96年