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Noam Chomsky
Barriers
The MIT Press; Cambridge, Massachussets, USA; 1997; 0-262-53067-8 / 9780262530675; Sixth Printing; Paperback; New; New;
This monograph explores several complex questions concerning the theories of government and bounding, including, in particular, the possibility of a unified approach to these topics. Starting with the intuitive idea that certain categories in certain configurations are barriers to government and movement, it considers whether the same categories are barriers in the two instances or whether one barrier suffices to block government (a stricter and "more local" relation) while more than one barrier inhibits movement, perhaps in a graded manner. Any proposal concerning the formulation of the concept of government has intricate consequences, and many of the empirical phenomena that appear to be relevant are still poorly understood. Similarly, judgments about the theory of movement also involve a number of different factors, including sensitivity to lexical choice. Therefore, Chomsky proceeds on the basis of speculations as to the proper idealization of complex phenomena - how they should be sorted into a variety of interacting systems (some of which remain quite obscure), which may tentatively be put aside to be explained by independent (sometimes unknown) factors, and which may be considered relevant to the subsystems under investigation. Barriers considers several possible paths through the maze of possibilities that arise. It sets the subtheory context (x-bar theory, theory of movement, and government) for determining what constitutes a barrier and explores two concepts of barrier - maximal projection and the minimality condition - and their manifestations in and implications for proper government, subjacency, island violations, vacuous movement, parasitic gaps, and A-chains. Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT. Barriers is Linguistic Inquiry Monograph 13. Printed Pages: 102. 012492
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Noam Chomsky; Foreword By Neil Smith
New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind
Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK; 2000; 0-521-65822-5 / 9780521658225; First Edition; Paperback; New;
New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind is an outstanding contribution to the philosophical study of language and mind, by one of the most influential thinkers of our time. In a series of penetrating essays, Chomsky cuts through the confusion and prejudice which has infected the study of language and mind, bringing new solutions to traditional philosophical puzzles and fresh perspectives on issues of general interest, ranging from the mind-body problem to the unification of science. Using a range of imaginative and deceptively simple linguistic analyses, Chomsky defends the view that knowledge of language is internal to the human mind. He argues that a proper study of language must deal with this mental construct. According to Chomsky, therefore, human language is a ‘biological object’ and should be analyzed using the methodology of the sciences. His examples and analyses come together in New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind to give a unique and compelling perspective on language and the mind. • Written by Noam Chomsky, one of the most influential thinkers of our time • Explores the concept that knowledge of language is internal to the human brain (i.e. the concept of innate language) • Offers new solutions to - and fresh perspectives on - traditional philosophical puzzles and issues of general interest in the study of human language and the mind Contents Foreword by Neil Smith; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. New horizons in the study of language; 2. Explaining language use; 3. Language and interpretation: philosophical reflections and empirical inquiry; 4. Naturalism and dualism in the study of language and mind; 5. Language as a natural object; 6. Language from an internalist perspective; 7. Internalist explorations; Bibliography; Index. Printed Pages: 256. 012740
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Noam Chomsky; Edited By Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi
On Nature and Language
Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK; 2002; 0-521-01624-X / 9780521016247; First Edition; Paperback; New;
Chomsky develops his thinking on the relation between language, mind and brain, integrating current research in linguistics into the burgeoning field of neuroscience. • Brings together the recent writings of one of the most prominent thinkers of the twentieth century in a stunning collection, published here for the first time • Includes the clearest introduction available to his highly influential approach to linguistics • Penetrating accounts of language, mind and brain - it will appeal across linguistics, cognitive science and philosophy of mind Contents Foreword; 1. Introduction: some concepts and issues in linguistic theory; 2. Perspectives on Language and Mind; 3. Language and the brain; 4. An interview on minimalism; 5. The secular priesthood and the perils of democracy. Printed Pages: 216. 012739
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