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Generative Linguistics Frederick J. Newmeyer

Generative Linguistics By Frederick J. Newmeyer

Generative Linguistics by Frederick J. Newmeyer

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Written by one of America's most prominent linguists the essays in Generative Linguistics provide a challenging reappraisal of the 'Chomskyan Revolution' - the implications of which are being debated some three decades on.

Generative Linguistics Summary

Generative Linguistics: An Historical Perspective by Frederick J. Newmeyer

The history of contemporary linguistics is the object of fierce debate within the profession

Includes a rebuff to Huck and Goldsmith's Ideology and Linguistic Theory

Provides a timely reappraisal of the paradigm which has dominated linguistics for the last 25 years

Newmeyer is a controversial figure as he often takes unpopular positions within the field of Historical Linguistics. He is one of America's foremost contemporary linguists

A 'must have' book for linguists and those interested in the history of the human sciences more generally

About Frederick J. Newmeyer

Frederick J. Newmeyer is the author of four books on syntactic theory and the history of linguistics. He has recently completed a 5-year term as Secretary-Treasurer of the Linguistic Society of America and is currently Associate Editor of the journal Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. He has taught at the University of Washington, Seattle, since 1969.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction Part I General trends 2 Bloomfield, Jakobson, Chomsky, and the roots of generative grammar 3 The structure of the field of linguistics and its consequences for women 4 Has there been a 'Chomskyan revolution' in linguistics? 5 Rules and principles in the historical development of generative syntax 6 Chomsky's 1962 programme for linguistics: A retrospective 7 Linguistic diversity and universal grammar: Forty years of dynamic tension within generative grammar Part II The linguistic wars 8 The steps to generative semantics 9 The end of generative semantics 10 Review of Geoffrey J.Huck and John A.Goldsmith, Ideology and Linguistic Theory: Noam Chomsky and the Deep Structure Debates 11 Review of The Best of CLS: A Selection of Out-of-Print Papers from 1968 to 1975 Part III Grammatical theory and second language learning 12 The ontogenesis of the field of second language learning research 13 The current convergence in linguistic theory: Some implications for second language acquisition research 14 Competence vs. performance; theoretical vs. applied: The development and interplay of two dichotomies in modern linguistics

Additional information

GOR004920232
9780415171267
0415171261
Generative Linguistics: An Historical Perspective by Frederick J. Newmeyer
Frederick J. Newmeyer
History of Linguistic Thought
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1997-07-03
232
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