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Chomskyan Linguistics and Its Competitors
Pius Ten Hacken
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Hardcover. Noam Chomsky is not only one of the most influential, but also one of the most controversial figures in 20th century linguistics. This work contains an approach that describes both Chomskyan linguistics and the positions defended by its opponents in terms of research programmes. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
Noam Chomsky is not only one of the most influential, but also one of the most controversial figures in 20th century linguistics. In view of the polarization of opinions on Chomsky, giving a balanced account of Chomskyan linguistics is an ambitious venture. The approach chosen here is to describe both Chomskyan linguistics and the positions defended by its opponents in terms of research programmes. A research programme consists of a number of assumptions on what language is and how it should be studied. Only by assuming that research programmes adopted by a large number of scholars for a prolonged period ... Read more
Noam Chomsky is not only one of the most influential, but also one of the most controversial figures in 20th century linguistics. In view of the polarization of opinions on Chomsky, giving a balanced account of Chomskyan linguistics is an ambitious venture. The approach chosen here is to describe both Chomskyan linguistics and the positions defended by its opponents in terms of research programmes. A research programme consists of a number of assumptions on what language is and how it should be studied. Only by assuming that research programmes adopted by a large number of scholars for a prolonged period ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845530549
SKU
V9781845530549
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About Pius Ten Hacken
Pius ten Hacken is Lecturer for Linguistics and Translation at the School of European Languages of the University of Wales Swansea. He is the author of Defining Morphology (G. Olms Verlag, 1994) and the editor of Terminology, Computing and Translation, part of the Forum fur Fachsprachenforschung (G. Narr, forthcoming).
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