1st Edition

Ideology and Linguistic Theory Noam Chomsky and the Deep Structure Debates

By John A. Goldsmith, Geoffrey J. Huck Copyright 1995
196 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

In Ideology and Linguistic Theory Geoffrey Huck and John Goldsmith provide a revisionist account of the development of ideas about semantics in modern theories of language, focusing particularly on Chomsky's very public rift with the Generative Semanticists about the concept of Deep Structure.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Gaps in the Paradigm; Chapter 3 Rhetorical Strategies and Linguistic Argumentation; Chapter 4 What Happened to Generative Semantics?; Chapter 5 Conclusion;

Biography

Geoffrey J. Huck, John A. Goldsmith

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