Geoffrey Sampson offers what as evidence that,contrary to the views of Noam Chomsky,not all languages employ a universal grammar?
A) Chomsky is a leftist, and so he cannot be trusted.
B) Only the English language uses adjectives and adverbs.
C) Some less studied languages do not seem to use such a grammar.
D) Sixty percent of the world's languages have fewer than ten thousand speakers.

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Although Chomsky's ideas dominate linguistics, some such as Sampson doubt that Chomsky is correct in thinking that all languages must conform to a universal set of grammatical rules that make it possible for humans to learn languages. Sampson claims that this view has only seemed plausible because there are many unstudied languages, and some of these languages do not seem to conform to the rules that Chomsky believes all human language must conform to.

Geoffrey Sampson Offers What as Evidence That,contrary to the Views