Ignorance of Language, Hardcover by Devitt, Michael, ISBN 0199250960, ISBN-13 9780199250967, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a new orthodoxy about mind and language. Michael Devitt throws down a provocative challenge to that orthodoxy. What is linguistics about? What role should linguistic intuitions play in constructing grammars? What is innate about language? Is there a “language faculty?” These questions are crucial to our developing understanding of ourselves; Michael Devitt offers refreshingly original answers.