I haven't seen any responses to Chris Hogan's questions "Is OT a linguistic theory?" and "What kinds of data would falsify OT?" I think these questions are important, so let me make an attempt. Before I do so, however, I need to spell out what I understand by the term "theory", and distinguish it from "formalism" and "conceptual framework". [252 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=3526869&hilit=CHOMSKY> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&3523608 Score: 78 Subject: ROMANIANS digest 1550