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A Companion to Chomsky
Nicholas Allott (Edited by), N Allott (Author), Terje Lohndal (Edited by), Georges Rey (Edited by)
9781119598701, Wiley
Hardback, published 13 May 2021
640 pages
1 x 1 x 1 cm, 0.454 kg
Widely considered to be one of the most important public intellectuals of our time, Noam Chomsky has revolutionized modern linguistics. His thought has had a profound impact upon the philosophy of language, mind, and science, as well as the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science which his work helped to establish. Now, in this new Companion dedicated to his substantial body of work and the range of its influence, an international assembly of prominent linguists, philosophers, and cognitive scientists reflect upon the interdisciplinary reach of Chomsky’s intellectual contributions. Balancing theoretical rigor with accessibility to the non-specialist, the Companion is organized into eight sections—including the historical development of Chomsky’s theories and the current state of the art, comparison with rival usage-based approaches, and the relation of his generative approach to work on linguistic processing, acquisition, semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy of language. Later chapters address Chomsky’s rationalist critique of behaviorism and related empiricist approaches to psychology, as well as his insistence upon a “Galilean” methodology in cognitive science. Following a brief discussion of the relation of his work in linguistics to his work on political issues, the book concludes with an essay written by Chomsky himself, reflecting on the history and character of his work in his own words. A significant contribution to the study of Chomsky’s thought, A Companion to Chomsky is an indispensable resource for philosophers, linguists, psychologists, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and general readers with interest in Noam Chomsky’s intellectual legacy as one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century.
Acknowledgments xv 1 Synoptic Introduction 1 2 Biographical Sketch 18 Part I Historical Development of Linguistics 23 3 From the Origins of Government and Binding to the Current State of Minimalism 25 4 The Enduring Discoveries of Generative Syntax 52 5 The Chomsky Hierarchy 74 6 Naturalism, Internalism, and Nativism: 7 Language as a Branch of Psychology: Chomsky and Cognitive Science 109 Part II Contemporary Issues in Syntax 123 8 The Architecture of the Computation 125 9 Merge and Features: The Engine of Syntax 140 10 On Chomsky’s Legacy in the Study of Linguistic Diversity 158 11 Parameters and Linguistic Variation 172 12 Constraints on Grammatical Dependencies 190 13 Chomsky’s Influence on Historical Linguistics: From Universal Grammar to Third Factors 210 14 Second Language Acquisition 222 15 Multilingualism and Chomsky’s Generative Grammar 232 Part III Comparisons with other Frameworks 243 16 The View from Declarative Syntax 245 17 How Statistical Learning Can Play Well with Universal Grammar 267 18 Chomsky and Usage-Based Linguistics 287 Part IV Processing and Acquisition 305 19 Sentence Processing and Syntactic Theory 307 20 Neuroscience and Syntax 325 21 Universal Grammar and Language Acquisition 348 22 Chomsky and Signed Languages 364 23 Atypical Acquisition 377 Part V Semantics, Pragmatics, and Philosophy of Language 391 24 Chomsky and the Analytical Tradition 393 25 Chomsky on Meaning and Reference 404 26 Chomsky on Semantics 416 27 Chomsky and Pragmatics 433 Part VI Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Mind 449 28 Nativism 451 29 The Deep Forces That Shape Language and the Poverty of the Stimulus 462 30 Chomsky on the Evolution of the Language Faculty: Presentation and Perspectives for Further Research 476 31 Chomsky and Intentionality 488 32 The Mind–Body Relation: Problem, Mystery, or What? 503 Part VII Methodological and other Explanatory Issues 515 33 Chomsky’s “Galilean” Explanatory Style 517 34 Chomsky and Fodor on Modularity 529 35 Linguistic Judgments as Evidence 544 36 Chomsky’s Problem/Mystery Distinction 557 37 Knowledge, Morality, and Hope: The Social Thought of Noam Chomsky 567 Part VIII Reflections 581 38 Reflections 583 Author Index 595 Subject Index 599
Notes on Contributors ix
Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, and Georges Rey
Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, and Georges Rey
Artemis Alexiadou and Terje Lohndal
Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng and James Griffiths
Tim Hunter
Lila Gleitman
David Adger
Peter Svenonius
Mark Baker
Michelle Sheehan
Gereon Müller
Elly van Gelderen
Roumyana Slabakova
Tanja Kupisch, Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares, Eloi Puig-Mayenco, and Jason Rothman
Peter Sells
Lisa S. Pearl
Frederick J. Newmeyer
Dave Kush and Brian Dillon
Emiliano Zaccarella and Patrick C. Trettenbrein
Stephen Crain and Rosalind Thornton
Diane Lillo-Martin
Neil Smith and Ianthi Tsimpli
John Collins
Paul Pietroski
Michael Glanzberg
Nicholas Allott and Deirdre Wilson
Georges Rey
Stephen Crain, Iain Giblin, and Rosalind Thornton
Anne Reboul
John Collins and Georges Rey
Joseph Levine
Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, and Georges Rey
Nicholas Allott and Neil Smith
Steven Gross
John Collins
Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers
Noam Chomsky
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
