Reading "The Language of Thought" by Steven Pinker I find that I have reservations about specific examples. It seems to me that "Lift him the box" is a perfectly reasonable command, that "Pedro threw him the ball" is fine, at least until you add the clause that implies that the ball didn't get there, and that classing "fine" as a malefactive is an example of a libertarian agenda. Last, for the moment, but not least, "The egg boiled" is not a construction I would have imagined anyone using.
However, the main problem I'm having with him so far is simply that everything is confined to English without even a reference to other languages.
Finally, a thought that occurred to me after the foregoing reservations; social scientists who write books not available as commentable e-books seem to me unlikely to be trustworthy.

Thought for the day, economics, one of the sycophantic arts.