Chomsky's minimalism / Pieter A.M. Seuren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seuren, Pieter A. M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chomsky, Noam.

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p. ) numerous figures

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title argues that Noam Chomsky's Minimalist Program is deeply flawed. Seuren points to the original acrimonious split in the 1960s and 1970s between Chomsky's generative grammar and the alternative generative semantics proposed by his followers, and argues that the latter theory was sounder and unfairly suppressed.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The mechanism of the MP under scrutiny

3. The language faculty

4. Questions of method and adequacy

5. What is functional about the MP?

6. What is conceptually necessary about the MP?

7. Surface-driven elements of semantic interpretation

8. The embarrassment of evidence.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772133-8

1-280-65550-X

1-4237-2641-3

0-19-534667-X

1-60256-503-1

OCLC:

61725650