在过去几年中已经有事实表明,类型迥异的大量语言现象可以通过下列假设来解释:头脑的语言能力遵循极为普遍的原理进行数字运算,并以精确的方式来表现,包括若干种空范畴。这项工作提供了证据(我认为是相当有力的证据)来说明若干引人注目、令人惊奇的结论:作为头脑一部分的语言官能,其关键部分是局限性很强的数字计算系统,以简单的原理相互起作 The fact that over the past few years has shown that a large number of linguistic phenomena of very different types can be explained by the following assumptions: The linguistic competence of the mind is numerically calculated following an extremely general principle and expressed in a precise manner, including several empty categories. This work provides evidence, which I think is quite potent evidence, to illustrate a few striking and surprising conclusions: The linguistic function that is part of the mind, the crucial part of which is a very limited numerical calculation system, is simple The principle of mutual play