Logical form: its structure and derivation
by May, Robert
fromLinguistic inquiry monographs
by May, Robert
fromLinguistic inquiry monographs
by May, Robert
fromLinguistic inquiry monographs
"This book chronicles the history of linguistics from the 1950s rise of Noam Chomsky's Transformational Grammar, in alliance with cognitive psychology and Artificial Intelligence, to the current day. It centers on a highly consequential dispute at a key moment of that rise, the …
In this text, the authors provide a revisionist account of the development of ideas about semantics in modern theories of language, focusing particularly on Chomsky's rift with the Generative Semanticists about the concept of deep structure.
"What is the role of meaning in grammar? In the late 1960s and early 1970s the question split the linguistics community and separated Noam Chomsky from some of his most prized students. In Ideology and Linguistic Theory Geoffrey J. Huck and John A. Goldsmith provide a revisionis…
"What is the role of meaning in grammar? In the late 1960s and early 1970s the question split the linguistics community and separated Noam Chomsky from some of his most prized students. In Ideology and Linguistic Theory Geoffrey J. Huck and John A. Goldsmith provide a revisionis…