The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky

This second edition discusses advances in Chomsky's science of language, his view of the human mind and its study, and his socioeconomic-political contributions.

James McGilvray (Edited by)

9781316618141, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 April 2017

354 pages, 7 b/w illus.
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.58 kg

'… [this] latest edition of The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky should appeal to a wide and diverse readership and is an invaluable resource in studying Chomsky's ideas.' Fiona Roxburgh, Modern Language Review

This completely new edition of The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky surveys Chomsky's contributions to the science of language, to socioeconomic-political analysis and criticism, and to the study of the human mind. The first section focuses on the aims of Chomsky's recent 'biological-minimalist' turn in the science of language, and shows how Chomsky's view of the nature of language and its introduction to the human species has recently developed. The second section focuses on Chomsky's view of the mind and its parts - and how to study them. Finally, the third section examines some of Chomsky's many contributions to socio-political history and critique. This new edition examines Chomsky's views on a wide range of issues, from his views of the lexicon, language's evolution, and the study of mind to the status of capitalism and the Palestine-Israel conflict. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Chomsky's ideas.

Introduction
Part I. The Science of Language: Recent Change and Progress: 1. The locality of transformational movement: progress and prospects Howard Lasnik
2. Is the faculty of language a 'perfect solution' to the interface systems Samuel Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara and Daniel Seely
3. On merge Norbert Hornstein
4. A feeling for the phenotype Robert C. Berwick
5. The generative word Hagit Borer
6. Third factors in language design: some suggestions from quantum field theory Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Giuseppe Vitiello
Part II. The Human Mind and its Study: 7. The influence of Chomsky on the neuroscience of language David Poeppel
8. Cognitive science: what should it be? James McGilvray
9. Semantic internalism Paul M. Pietroski
10. Faculties and modules: Chomsky on cognitive architecture John Collins
11. Chomsky and moral philosophy John Mikhail
Part III. Chomsky on Politics and Economics: 12. Critique and hope: the moral basis of Chomsky's political economy Charles Derber
13. The propoganda model and manufacturing consent: US public compliance and resistance Anthony R. DiMaggio
14. Chomsky listens: Latin America and the ethics of solidarity Greg Grandin
15. Noam Chomsky and the question of Palestine/Israel: bearing witness Irene Gendzier.

Subject Areas: Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Philosophy of mind [HPM], Philosophy of language [CFA], Linguistics [CF], Language [C]