{"product_id":"transformational-grammar-as-a-theory-of-language-acquisition-a-study-in-the-empirical-conceptual-and-methodological-foundations-of-contemporary-linguistics-paperback-9780521097987","title":"Transformational Grammar as a Theory of Language Acquisition; A Study in the Empirical Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of Contemporary Linguistics (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521097987","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTransformational Grammar as a Theory of Language Acquisition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study in the Empirical Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of Contemporary Linguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book subjects the main theory of revolution in linguistic thought and some of its applications to a searching critique.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBruce L. Derwing (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521097987, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 June 1973\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe revolution in linguistic thought associated with the name of Professor Noam Chomsky centres on the theory of transformational generation, especially in grammar. This book subjects the main theory and some of its applications to a searching critique. It finds the theory in some places circular, in general descriptively inadequate, but above all aprioristic and dangerously unempirical. Professor Derwing writes as a linguist particularly interested in the psychology of language acquisition, and conscious that the TGG model starts from assumptions about the mind and linguistic universals which dictate the form and the consequences of the argument. They strike Professor Derwing as arbitrary and merely formal, and as contradicting basic scientific mental habits. In brief, Professor Derwing disputes that TGG exemplifies proper empirical scientific inquiry; that something like a TGG is part of the output of normal language acquisition; or that TGG provides a valid heuristic for psychological investigation. He argues therefore for a more experimental approach if we are actually to discover how language is acquired.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Background: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Some central aspects of the 'Chomskyan revolution' in American linguistics\u003cbr\u003e 3. On the nature of language acquisition\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Linguistic Metatheory: 4. Some problems in phonological description\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Explanation' and 'naturalness' in TGG\u003cbr\u003e 6. Some process-oriented counterproposals\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Methodological and Conceptual Foundations: 7. Chomsky's 'revolution' reconsidered\u003cbr\u003e 8. On 'competence' and 'performance'\u003cbr\u003e 9. Towards a redefinition of linguistic research\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\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":46006389113112,"sku":"9780521097987","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521097987i_9548a1ef-6603-450b-bde6-7e3d2473e504.jpg?v=1694970627","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/transformational-grammar-as-a-theory-of-language-acquisition-a-study-in-the-empirical-conceptual-and-methodological-foundations-of-contemporary-linguistics-paperback-9780521097987","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}