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    Ronald Arbini

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I am grateful to Noam Chomsky for reading some earlier versions of this paper and suggesting certain changes which have been incorporated into the text. It should not be assumed, however, that he agrees with all of my conclusions.

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Arbini, R. Comments on linguistic competence and language acquisition. Synthese 19, 410–424 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485658

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