Mohsen Bohlooli Faskhoodi
Abstract
According to Chomsky's view, the main part of our linguistic knowledge is genetically determined. Therefore, language is inherent and this unknowing or tacit knowledge lies at the foundation ...
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According to Chomsky's view, the main part of our linguistic knowledge is genetically determined. Therefore, language is inherent and this unknowing or tacit knowledge lies at the foundation of our ability to speak. The purpose of this article is to analyze the nature of tacit language in Chomsky's philosophy. This research is based on a qualitative research approach and conceptual analysis method to study the concept of tacit language and its relation with other main components of Chomsky's attitude toward language including linguistic competence, generative linguistics, universal grammar and argument of stimulus poverty. According to the three main critiques of tacit linguistic knowledge, tacit linguistic ability, and tacit linguistic rule, the tacit access to the reservoir of linguistic rules in the philosophy of Chomsky is not well explained and it is not empirically verifiable. Therefore, when this knowledge is valid, it is based on a kind of explicit language knowledge of grammar and rules which are expressed in the form of a statement and can be recognized and verified by the user of the language.
