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Routledge
112 Pages
by
Routledge
112 Pages
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Routledge
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According to Chomsky, to learn a language is to develop a grammar for it – a generative grammar which assigns a definite structure and a definite meaning to each of a definite set of sentences. This forms the speaker’s linguistic competence , which represents a distinct faculty of the mind, called the faculty of language . This view has been widely criticised, from many separate angles and by... Read more
Preface. Introduction. 1. ‘Language is Not Well Defined’ 2. Syntax and Lexicon 3. Competence 4. Variation in Speech Communities 4.1. Introduction 4.2. ‘Variable Rules 4.3. Idiolectal Multilingualism 5. Meaning 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Word Meaning 5.3. Sentence Meaning 6. Rules and Tendencies 7. Grammar and Mind. References. Index
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P.H. Matthews
