Innateness, universal grammar, and emergentism

The case for emergentism is reconsidered with regards to two points. First, it is argued that the need for certain types of innate concepts does not necessarily count as evidence for Universal Grammar, as all approaches to cognition recognize the existence of innately guided learning of some sort. Second, it is argued that there is a significant place for frequency in explanatory work on language but that its effects are modulated by an efficiency-driven processor.