Linguistics and pseudo-linguistics : selected essays, 1965-1985 / Robert A. Hall, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Robert A. (Robert Anderson), 1911-1997.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 55.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generative grammar.

Deconstruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The doctrines of transformational-generative grammar (as promulgated in 1957, with frequent later emendations) have on occasion been criticised, sometimes severely. Such criticism have, however, appeared mostly in article-form, and mostly in relatively inaccessible places. Discussions in bookform have been rare.In this book, the criticism offered by Professor Hall over more than twenty years have been brought together. They cover the range of linguistic structure (phonology, morphosyntax, and semantics), general theory, and the history of linguistics. In these essays, the many short-comings of

Contents:

LINGUISTICS AND PSEUDO-LINGUISTICS SELECTED ESSAYS1965-1985; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FACT AND FICTION IN GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS; I. SOME FICTIONS; II. USEFULNESS OF FICTIONS; III. DANGERS OF FICTIONS; IV. OTHER DANGERS; V. CONCLUSION; NOTES; SOME RECENT STUDIES ON PORT-ROYAL AND VAUGELAS; NOTES; REVIEW OF SALTARELLI, A PHONOLOGY OF ITALIAN; ""UNDERLYING REPRESENTATION"" AND OBSERVABLE FACT IN PHONOLOGY; NOTES; REVIEW OF HOCKETT, THE STATE OF THE ART; NOTES; SOME CRITIQUES OF CHOMSKYAN THEORY

REVIEW OF HAGÈGE, LA GRAMMAIRE GÉNÉRATIVEA few scattered comments:; CAN LINGUISTICS BE A SCIENCE?; REVIEW OF SAMPSON, LIBERTY AND LANGUAGE AND OF MATTHEWS, GENERATIVE GRAMMAR AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE; NOTES; REVIEW OF NEWMEYER, LINGUISTIC THEORY IN AMERICA; NOTES; REVIEW OF FIETZ, FUNKTIONALER STRUKTURALISMUS; DECONSTRUCTING DERRIDA ON LANGUAGE; NOTES; REFERENCES; 1. ABBREVIATIONS; 2. AUTHOR, DATE, AND TITLE LISTINGS; INDEX OF NAMES AND TOPICS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31388-X

9786613313881

90-272-7905-5

OCLC:

757403616