Chomskyan (r)evolutions /

It is not unusual for contemporary linguists to claim that "Modern Linguistics began in 1957" (with the publication of Noam Chomsky's Syntactic Structures). Some of the essays in Chomskyan (R)evolutions examine the sources, the nature and the extent of the theoretical changes Chomsky...

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Other Authors: Kibbee, Douglas A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Series:Online access: OAPEN Open Research Library (ORL)
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Summary:It is not unusual for contemporary linguists to claim that "Modern Linguistics began in 1957" (with the publication of Noam Chomsky's Syntactic Structures). Some of the essays in Chomskyan (R)evolutions examine the sources, the nature and the extent of the theoretical changes Chomsky introduced in the 1950s. Other contributions explore the key concepts and disciplinary alliances that have evolved considerably over the past sixty years, such as the meanings given for "Universal Grammar", the relationship of Chomskyan linguistics to other disciplines (Cognitive Science, Psychology, Evolutionary.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 488 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027288486
9027288488
9789027211699
9027211698
9781282558670
1282558676
9786612558672
6612558679
DOI:10.1075/z.154