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    Supports→The poverty of the stimulus argument does not speak to the question of what sorts of constraints on learners' hypotheses exist.

    There are many ways to constrain learners' hypotheses about how their language works.

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    In short, there are many ways to constrain learners' hypotheses about how their language works. Since the poverty of the stimulus argument merely indicates the need for constraints, it does not speak to the question of what sorts of constraints those might be.

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