Chomskyan Linguistics and Its CompetitorsPius ten Hacken
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PAPERBACK PUBLISHED MAY 2009
* Explains Chomskyan linguistics in an accessible and balanced way. Takes objections that have been made to the assumptions in the research programme seriously and explains why these assumptions can and should be made.
* Explains the differences between Chomskyan linguistics and its main competitors without bias. This will help the reader to understand research articles in different frameworks.
* Shows how areas of linguistics that are not central to Chomskyan linguistics can be incorporated within this framework.
Noam Chomsky is not only one of the most influential, but also one of the most controversial figures in 20th century linguistics. In view of the polarization of opinions on Chomsky, giving a balanced account of Chomskyan linguistics is an ambitious venture. The approach chosen here is to describe both Chomskyan linguistics and the positions defended by its opponents in terms of research programmes. A research programme consists of a number of assumptions on what language is and how it should be studied. Only by assuming that research programmes adopted by a large number of scholars for a prolonged period have to be rational, coherent systems can we hope to fully understand the nature of the conflicts between them.
After a general discussion of the notion of research programme, it is shown how the various stages of Chomskyan theory can be analysed as belonging to a single, coherent research programme. This research programme is then compared to the ones for Post-Bloomfieldian linguistics, Lexical-Functional Grammar, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar and Montague Grammar, and Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Finally the relevance of the research programme of Chomskyan linguistics for the practical study of the acquisition, change, and use of language is addressed.
PAPERBACK PUBLISHED MAY 2009
* Explains Chomskyan linguistics in an accessible and balanced way. Takes objections that have been made to the assumptions in the research programme seriously and explains why these assumptions can and should be made.
* Explains the differences between Chomskyan linguistics and its main competitors without bias. This will help the reader to understand research articles in different frameworks.
* Shows how areas of linguistics that are not central to Chomskyan linguistics can be incorporated within this framework.
Noam Chomsky is not only one of the most influential, but also one of the most controversial figures in 20th century linguistics. In view of the polarization of opinions on Chomsky, giving a balanced account of Chomskyan linguistics is an ambitious venture. The approach chosen here is to describe both Chomskyan linguistics and the positions defended by its opponents in terms of research programmes. A research programme consists of a number of assumptions on what language is and how it should be studied. Only by assuming that research programmes adopted by a large number of scholars for a prolonged period have to be rational, coherent systems can we hope to fully understand the nature of the conflicts between them.
After a general discussion of the notion of research programme, it is shown how the various stages of Chomskyan theory can be analysed as belonging to a single, coherent research programme. This research programme is then compared to the ones for Post-Bloomfieldian linguistics, Lexical-Functional Grammar, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar and Montague Grammar, and Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Finally the relevance of the research programme of Chomskyan linguistics for the practical study of the acquisition, change, and use of language is addressed.
Contents
1. Research programmes
1.1. The Empirical Cycle
1.2. The Role of Research Programmes
1.3. Truth, Progress, and Revolutions
1.4. Research Programmes in Linguistics
2. The Research Programme of Chomskyan Linguistics
2.1. The Nature of Individual Languages
2.2. The Nature of Data
2.3. The Function of Grammars
2.4. The Role of Language Acquisition
2.5 The Unity of the Research Programme of Chomskyan Linguistics from its Emergence to the 1980s
2.6 The Position of the Minimalist Programme in Chomskyan Linguistics
3. The Chomskyan Revolution
3.1. The Research Programme of Post-Bloomfieldian Linguistics
3.2. A Comparison of Two Research Programmes
3.3. Has There Been a Chomskyan Revolution?
4. Some Modern Competitors
4.1. Lexical-Functional Grammar
4.2. Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar
4.3. Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
4.4 Jackendoff's Linguistics
5. Aspects of Language Development and Use
5.1. The Nature of Named Languages
5.2. Empirical Aspects of Language Acquisition
5.3. Second Language Acquisition
5.4. Language Change
5.5. Language and Communication
Specifications
| ISBN-10 (Hardback) | 1845530543 |
| ISBN-13 (Hardback) | 9781845530549 |
| Price (Hardback) | £55.00/$85.00 |
| ISBN-10 (Paperback) | 1845535545 |
| ISBN-13 (Paperback) | 9781845535544 |
| Price (Paperback) | £24.99/$45.00 |
| Publication Date | December 2007 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Size | 234 x 156mm |
| Readership | advanced undergraduates, graduate students and academics |
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