The Historiography of Generative Linguistics / András Kertész

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kertész, András., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

scientific revolution.

generative linguistics.

history of linguistics.

palusible argumentation.

Chomsk.

Local Subjects:

scientific revolution.

generative linguistics.

history of linguistics.

palusible argumentation.

Chomsk.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen Narr Francke Attempto Verlag 2017

Biography/History:

András Kertész is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. He is an ordinary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and of Academia Europaea.

Summary:

Although the past decades have seen a great diversity of approaches to the history of generative linguistics, there has been no systematic analysis of the state of the art. The aim of the book is to fill this gap. Part I provides an unbiased, balanced and impartial overview of numerous approaches to the history of generative linguistics. In addition, it evaluates the approaches thus discussed against a set of evaluation criteria. Part II demonstrates in a case study the workability of a model of plausible argumentation that goes beyond the limits of current historiographical approaches. Due to the comprehensive analysis of the state of the art, the book may be useful for graduate and undergraduate students. However, since it is also intended to enrich the historiography of linguistics in a novel way, the book may also attract the attention of both linguists interested in the history of science, and historians of science interested in linguistics. Although the past decades have seen a great diversity of approaches to the history of generative linguistics, there has been no systematic analysis of the state of the art. The aim of the book is to fill this gap. Part I provides an unbiased, balanced and impartial overview of numerous approaches to the history of generative linguistics. In addition, it evaluates the approaches thus discussed against a set of evaluation criteria. Part II demonstrates in a case study the workability of a model of plausible argumentation that goes beyond the limits of current historiographical approaches. Due to the comprehensive analysis of the state of the art, the book may be useful for graduate and undergraduate students. However, since it is also intended to enrich the historiography of linguistics in a novel way, the book may also attract the attention of both linguists interested in the history of science, and historians of science interested in linguistics.

Notes:

[1. Auflage]

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-199) and indexes.

ISBN:

3-8233-9156-9

Publisher Number:

9783823391562