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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816647103321

Autore

Chomsky Noam

Titolo

Current issues in linguistic theory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hague, : Mouton, 1969

ISBN

3-11-086756-7

Edizione

[6th printing 1975, Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Collana

Janua linguarum. Series minor ; ; 38

Disciplina

400

Soggetti

Linguistics - Research

Language and languages - Research

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- 1. GOALS OF LINGUISTIC THEORY -- 2. LEVELS OF SUCCESS FOR GRAMMATICAL DESCRIPTION -- 3. ON OBJECTIVITY OF LINGUISTIC DATA -- 4. THE NATURE OF STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTIONS -- 5. MODELS OF PERCEPTION AND ACQUISITION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

In this paper,(1) I will restrict the term ""linguistic theory"" to systems of hypotheses concerning the general features of human language put forth in an attempt to account for a certain range of linguistic phenomena. I will not be concerned with systems of terminology or methods of investigation (analytic procedures).  The central fact to which any significant linguistic theory must address itself is this: a mature speaker can produce a new sentence of his language on the appropriate occasion, and other speakers can understand it immediately, though it is equally new to them. Most of our