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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464457703321

Autore

Chomsky Noam

Titolo

The generative enterprise revisited [[electronic resource] ] : discussions with Riny Huybregts, Henk van Riemsdijk, Naoki Fukui, and Mihoko Zushi, with a new foreword by Noam Chomsky / / Noam Chomsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2004

ISBN

3-11-090244-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HuybregtsRiny

RiemsdijkHenk C. van

FukuiNaoki

ZushiMihoko <1964->

Disciplina

415/.0182

Soggetti

Generative grammar

Linguistics

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 (p. [189]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Introduction / Fukui, Naoki / Zushi, Mihoko -- The Generative Enterprise (Noam Chomsky in Discussion with Riny Huybregts and Henk van Riemsdijk) -- Preface / Huybregts, Riny / Riemsdijk, Henk van -- Part I On Linguistics -- Chapter 1 Language and Cognition -- Chapter 2 Explanation in Linguistics -- Chapter 3 The Field -- Part II On Grammar -- Chapter 1 A Historical Perspective -- Chapter 2 Issues in Formal Grammar -- Chapter 3 Core and Periphery -- 1. Linguistics: The Development of Linguistic Theory in the past 20 Years -- 1. Linguistics: The Development of Linguistic Theory in the past 20 Years -- 2. Linguistics and other Sciences -- 3. Prospects for the Future -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Spanning more than two decades of thinking about generative approaches to Universal Grammar, the two interviews with Noam Chomsky in this book permit a rare and illuminating insight into his views on numerous issues in linguistics and beyond. The first discussion dates from the early days of the so-called Government Binding Theory, the second one took place after a decade of



Minimalism. Thereby the evolution and the dynamics in linguistic theorizing are dramatically revealed. Scholars of grammar, cognitive scientists, philosophers will profit by reading this book, but anyone with an ardent