Meanings
unlearnable1
- not comparableNot able to be learned.
Chomsky not only provided such a framework for theories of grammar, but he furthermore suggested that the grammar was unlearnable. Chomsky concluded that aspects of the grammar must be innate: the universal grammar hypothesis.
2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 20
unlearnable2
- not comparableAble to be unlearned.
Origin
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