Noam Chomsky And Language Descriptions

Author : John Ole Askedal,Ian G. Roberts,Tomonori Matsushita
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027210692

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Noam Chomsky and Language Descriptions by John Ole Askedal,Ian G. Roberts,Tomonori Matsushita Pdf

For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co.The general aim of the Senshu University Project "The Development of the Anglo-Saxon Language and Linguistic Universals" is investigation of structural characteristics common to the Germanic languages, such as English, German and Norwegian, and of works on and in the tradition of Generative Grammar founded by Noam Chomsky in the 1950s. The central idea of Generative Grammar, that the nature of natural-language syntax can be captured by a finite set of rules which are able to produce an infinite set of well-formed structures has been highly evaluated and influential even in related fields such as biolinguistics, philosophy, psychology and computer science." Noam Chomsky and Language Descriptions" is a collection of articles that focus on the earliest but essential linguistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky and articles that discuss specific topics pertaining to the study Germanic languages, in particular English and German. It is divided into two parts: Part 1. Genesis of Generative Grammar; and Part 2. Current Issues in Language Descriptions. The present book will be of general interest to linguists who seek to understand the original idea of Generative Grammar and nature of the Germanic languages.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139448901

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Language and Mind by Noam Chomsky Pdf

This is the third edition of Chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind, first published in 2006. The first six chapters, originally published in the 1960s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theory. This edition complements them with an additional chapter and a new preface, bringing Chomsky's influential approach into the twenty-first century. Chapters 1-6 present Chomsky's early work on the nature and acquisition of language as a genetically endowed, biological system (Universal Grammar), through the rules and principles of which we acquire an internalized knowledge (I-language). Over the past fifty years, this framework has sparked an explosion of inquiry into a wide range of languages, and has yielded some major theoretical questions. The final chapter revisits the key issues, reviewing the 'biolinguistic' approach that has guided Chomsky's work from its origins to the present day, and raising some novel and exciting challenges for the study of language and mind.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781595587619

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On Language by Noam Chomsky Pdf

The two most popular titles by the noted linguist and critic in one volume—an ideal introduction to his work. On Language features some of Noam Chomsky’s most informal and highly accessible work. In Part I, Language and Responsibility, Chomsky presents a fascinating self-portrait of his political, moral, and linguistic thinking. In Part II, Reflections on Language, Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers incisive analyses of the controversies among psychologists, philosophers, and linguists over fundamental questions of language. “Language and Responsibility is a well-organized, clearly written and comprehensive introduction to Chomsky’s thought.” —The New York Times Book Review “Language and Responsibility brings together in one readable volume Chomsky’s positions on issues ranging from politics and philosophy of science to recent advances in linguistic theory. . . . The clarity of presentation at times approaches that of Bertrand Russell in his political and more popular philosophical essays.” —Contemporary Psychology “Reflections on Language is profoundly satisfying and impressive. It is the clearest and most developed account of the case of universal grammar and of the relations between his theory of language and the innate faculties of mind responsible for language acquisition and use.” —Patrick Flanagan

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110903843

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Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar by Noam Chomsky Pdf

Author : Noam Chomsky,Adriana Belletti,Luigi Rizzi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biolinguistics
ISBN : 0511076703

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On Nature and Language by Noam Chomsky,Adriana Belletti,Luigi Rizzi Pdf

Publisher's description: In On Nature and Language Noam Chomsky develops his thinking on the relation between language, mind and brain, integrating current research in linguistics into the burgeoning field of neuroscience. The volume begins with a lucid introduction by the editors Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi. This is followed by some of Chomsky's recent writings on these themes, together with a penetrating interview in which Chomsky provides the clearest and most elegant introduction to current theory available. It should make his Minimalist Program accessible to all. The volume concludes with an essay on the role of intellectuals in society and government. Nature and Language is a significant landmark in the development of linguistic theory. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in theoretical linguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive science and politics, as well as anyone interested in the development of Chomsky's thought.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110867565

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Current Issues in Linguistic Theory by Noam Chomsky Pdf

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 li.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783112316009

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Syntactic Structures by Noam Chomsky Pdf

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Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015054104032

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Knowledge of Language by Noam Chomsky Pdf

"Attempts to indentify the fundamental concepts of language, argues that the study of language reveals hidden facts about the mind, and looks at the impact of propaganda".

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1969-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262260506

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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax by Noam Chomsky Pdf

Chomsky proposes a reformulation of the theory of transformational generative grammar that takes recent developments in the descriptive analysis of particular languages into account. Beginning in the mid-fifties and emanating largely form MIT, an approach was developed to linguistic theory and to the study of the structure of particular languages that diverges in many respects from modern linguistics. Although this approach is connected to the traditional study of languages, it differs enough in its specific conclusions about the structure and in its specific conclusions about the structure of language to warrant a name, "generative grammar." Various deficiencies have been discovered in the first attempts to formulate a theory of transformational generative grammar and in the descriptive analysis of particular languages that motivated these formulations. At the same time, it has become apparent that these formulations can be extended and deepened.The major purpose of this book is to review these developments and to propose a reformulation of the theory of transformational generative grammar that takes them into account. The emphasis in this study is syntax; semantic and phonological aspects of the language structure are discussed only insofar as they bear on syntactic theory.

Author : John Lyons
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39076006031954

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Noam Chomsky by John Lyons Pdf

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Cooking, Russian
ISBN : UCSC:32106014684655

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Language and Thought by Noam Chomsky Pdf

A fascinating analysis of human language and its influence on other disciplines by one of the nation's most respected linguists. Chomsky is also the author of What Uncle Sam Really Wants and The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many (15,000 copies sold).

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106012309263

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Knowledge of Language by Noam Chomsky Pdf

In this study, the author addresses the questions of what constitutes the knowledge of language, and how this knowledge is acquired and used.

Author : Uli Sauerland,Hans-Martin Gärtner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110207552

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Interfaces + Recursion = Language? by Uli Sauerland,Hans-Martin Gärtner Pdf

Human language is a phenomenon of immense richness: It provides finely nuanced means of expression that underlie the formation of culture and society; it is subject to subtle, unexpected constraints like syntactic islands and cross-over phenomena; different mutually-unintelligeable individual languages are numerous; and the descriptions of individual languages occupy thousands of pages. Recent work in linguistics, however, has tried to argue that despite all appearances to the contrary, the human biological capacity for language may be reducible to a small inventory of core cognitive competencies. The most radical version of this view has emerged from the Minimalist Program: The claim that language consists of only the ability to generate recursive structures by a computational mechanism. On this view, all other properties of language must result from the interaction at the interfaces of that mechanism and other mental systems not exclusively devoted to language. Since language could then be described as the simplest recursive system satisfying the requirements of the interfaces, one can speak of the Minimalist Equation: Interfaces + Recursion = Language. The question whether all the richness of language can be reduced to that minimalist equation has already inspired several fruitful lines of research that led to important new results. While a full assessment of the minimalist equation will require evidence from many different areas of inquiry, this volume focuses especially on the perspective of syntax and semantics. Within the minimalist architecture, this places our concern with the core computational mechanism and the (LF-)interface where recursive structures are fed to interpretation. Specific questions that the papers address are: What kind of recursive structures can the core generator form? How can we determine what the simplest recursive system is? How can properties of language that used to be ascribed to the recursive generator be reduced to interface properties? What effects do syntactic operations have on semantic interpretation? To what extent do models of semantic interpretation support the LF-interface conditions postulated by minimalist syntax?

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1902593820

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Language and Politics by Noam Chomsky Pdf

An indispensable guide through the work of the world's most influential living intellectual.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027979642

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Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar by Noam Chomsky Pdf