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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458028203321

Autore

Hall Robert A (Robert Anderson), <1911-1997.>

Titolo

Linguistics and pseudo-linguistics [[electronic resource] ] : selected essays, 1965-1985 / / Robert A. Hall, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987

ISBN

1-283-31388-X

9786613313881

90-272-7905-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 55

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Generative grammar

Deconstruction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

LINGUISTICS AND PSEUDO-LINGUISTICS SELECTED ESSAYS1965-1985; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FACT AND FICTION IN GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS; I. SOME FICTIONS; II. USEFULNESS OF FICTIONS; III. DANGERS OF FICTIONS; IV. OTHER DANGERS; V. CONCLUSION; NOTES; SOME RECENT STUDIES ON PORT-ROYAL AND VAUGELAS; NOTES; REVIEW OF SALTARELLI,   A PHONOLOGY OF ITALIAN; ""UNDERLYING REPRESENTATION"" AND OBSERVABLE FACT IN PHONOLOGY; NOTES; REVIEW OF HOCKETT, THE STATE OF THE ART; NOTES; SOME CRITIQUES OF CHOMSKYAN THEORY

REVIEW OF HAGÈGE, LA GRAMMAIRE GÉNÉRATIVEA few scattered comments:; CAN LINGUISTICS BE A SCIENCE?; REVIEW OF SAMPSON, LIBERTY AND LANGUAGE AND OF MATTHEWS, GENERATIVE GRAMMAR AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE; NOTES; REVIEW OF NEWMEYER, LINGUISTIC THEORY IN AMERICA; NOTES; REVIEW OF FIETZ, FUNKTIONALER STRUKTURALISMUS; DECONSTRUCTING DERRIDA ON LANGUAGE; NOTES; REFERENCES; 1. ABBREVIATIONS; 2. AUTHOR, DATE, AND TITLE LISTINGS; INDEX OF NAMES AND TOPICS



Sommario/riassunto

The doctrines of transformational-generative grammar (as promulgated in 1957, with frequent later emendations) have on occasion been criticised, sometimes severely. Such criticism have, however, appeared mostly in article-form, and mostly in relatively inaccessible places. Discussions in bookform have been rare.In this book, the criticism offered by Professor Hall over more than twenty years have been brought together. They cover the range of linguistic structure (phonology, morphosyntax, and semantics), general theory, and the history of linguistics. In these essays, the many short-comings of