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Author Harris, Randy Allen.

Title The linguistics wars / Randy Allen Harris
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 356 pages)
Contents 1. Language, Thought, and the Linguistics Wars; 2. Linguistics; 3. The Chomskyan Revolution; 4. The Beauty of Deep Structure; 5. Generative Semantics 1: The Model; 6. Generative Semantics 2: The Heresy; 7. The Vicissitudes of War; 8. Generative Semantics 3: The Ethos; 9. Generative Semantics 4: The Collapse; 10. Whence and Whither; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary When it was first published in 1957, Noam Chomsky's Syntactic Structure seemed to be just a logical expansion of the reigning approach to linguistics. Soon, however, there was talk from Chomsky and his associates about plumbing mental structure; then there was a new phonology; and then there was a new set of goals for the field, cutting it off completely from its anthropological roots and hitching it to a new brand of psychology. Rapidly, all of Chomsky's ideas swept the field. While the entrenched linguists were not looking for a messiah, apparently many of their students were. There was a re
Analysis Generative linguistics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and index
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Subject Chomsky, Noam
SUBJECT Chomsky, Noam fast
Chomsky, Noam. nli
Chomsky, Noam, (1928- ...) ram
Subject Linguistics -- History -- 20th century
Generative grammar.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
Generative grammar
Linguistics
Generatieve grammatica.
Generatieve semantiek.
Linguistics -- History -- 20th century.
Generative grammar.
Linguistique -- 20e siècle.
Grammaire générative.
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