Ignorance of language

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The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a new orthodoxy about mind and language. Michael Devitt throws down a provocative challenge to that orthodoxy. What is linguistics about? What role should linguistic intuitions play in constructing grammars? What is innate about language? Michael Devitt offers refreshingly original answers.



The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a new orthodoxy about mind and language. Michael Devitt throws down a provocative challenge to that orthodoxy. What is linguistics about? What role should linguistic intuitions play in constructing grammars? What is innate about language? Is there a 'language faculty'? These questions are crucial to our developing understanding of ourselves; Michael Devitt offers refreshingly original answers. He argues that linguistics is about linguistic reality and is not part of psychology; that linguistic rules are not represented in the mind; that speakers are largely ignorant of their language; that speakers' intuitions do not reflect information supplied by the language faculty and are not the main evidence for grammars; that the rules of 'Universal Grammar' are largely, if not entirely, innate structure rules of thought; indeed, that there is little or nothing to the language faculty. Devitt's controversial theses will prove highly stimulating to anyone working on language and the mind

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 10 april 2008

Aantal pagina's: 304

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Michael Devitt

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

Originele titel: Ignorance of Language

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 156 mm

Product hoogte: 20 mm

Product lengte: 233 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 156 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 18 mm

Verpakking lengte: 233 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 495 g

EAN: 9780199250974

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