Ideology and Linguistic Theory: Noam Chomsky and the Deep Structure Debates / Edition 1

by John A. Goldsmith, Geoffrey J. Huck

Overview

In Ideology and Linguistic Theory Geoffrey Huck and John Goldsmith provide a revisionist account of the development of ideas about semantics in modern theories of language, focusing particularly on Chomsky's very public rift with the Generative Semanticists about the concept of Deep Structure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415153133
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/1996
Series:	History of Linguistic Thought
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Geoffrey J. Huck, John A. Goldsmith

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Gaps in the Paradigm; Chapter 3 Rhetorical Strategies and Linguistic Argumentation; Chapter 4 What Happened to Generative Semantics?; Chapter 5 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

'...it is well written, accurate, interesting...' - Richard Hudson, University College London

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