{"product_id":"the-new-grammarians-funeral-a-critique-of-noam-chomskys-linguistics-paperback-9780521293167","title":"The New Grammarians' Funeral; A Critique of Noam Chomsky's Linguistics (Paperback) 9780521293167","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe New Grammarians' Funeral\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critique of Noam Chomsky's Linguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Robinson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521293167, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 May 1978\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e204 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.27 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'To employ a word now outmoded, Ian Robinson has very ably defended the spirit of language and literature against the idolaters of the letter.' Books and Bookmen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is probably the sharpest consideration of Chomskyan linguistics yet to appear. Ian Robinson argues that it is important to recognise Chomsky's positive achievement as a definition of the domain of traditional syntax in the context of an adherence to traditional grammar. But this strictly limited achievement offers no basis for many of the claims made for linguistics. Chomsky's views of language as a whole are narrow and conceptually confused; his psychology is based on the predication of unnecessary entities; and the central ambition to make linguistics a natural science is deeply misconceived. The common reader will find the argument clear and invigorating. The study of language necessarily interests philosophers as well as linguists: so the ordinary person with no more than an interest in poetry or speech may feel himself disadvantaged as an amateur. On the contrary: it is by the common reader that the discussion of language is finally judged, and Mr Robinson speaks for the central common sense of speakers and readers of language and literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the 1978 impression\u003cbr\u003e Works by Chomsky\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'The science of language'\u003cbr\u003e 2. Chomsky's grammar to the rescue\u003cbr\u003e 3. The limits of transformational-generative grammar\u003cbr\u003e 4. Chomsky's temptations and falls, or the strange tale of (i) The acquisition device\u003cbr\u003e (ii) Code\u003cbr\u003e (iii) Linguistic universals\u003cbr\u003e 5. The wild goose chase of meaning out of language: Chomskyan semantics I: universal concepts\u003cbr\u003e 6. Chomskyan semantics II: making propositions (i) Sense and logic\u003cbr\u003e (ii) Reference\u003cbr\u003e (iii) Absolute meaning\u003cbr\u003e (iv) The super-language\u003cbr\u003e Note: Chomsky's mistakes\u003cbr\u003e 7. Linguistics and philosophy: Chomsky's failure with Wittgenstein\u003cbr\u003e 8. Linguistics and everything else\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'The science of language' revisited\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006989062424,"sku":"9780521293167","price":28.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521293167_d9f6a384-e915-4b74-8f09-8c65d969b128.gif?v=1691374700","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-new-grammarians-funeral-a-critique-of-noam-chomskys-linguistics-paperback-9780521293167","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}