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Author Ludlow, Peter, 1957-

Title The philosophy of generative linguistics / Peter Ludlow.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 220 pages)
text file
Note "Oxford scholarship online."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Peter Ludlow presents this work on the philosophy of generative linguistics. He explains the motivation of the generative framework, describes its mechanisms, and addresses issues of broad philosophical interest, for instance the ontology of linguistics, the nature of data, language/world relations, and best theory criteria.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Linguistic Preliminaries -- 1.1. Transformational Grammar from ST to EST -- 1.2. Government and Binding Theory -- 1.3. The Principles and Parameters Framework -- 1.4. The Minimalist Program -- 2. The Ontology of Generative Linguistics -- 2.1.E-Language, I-Language, & Psi;-Language -- 2.2. Having Linguistic Rules and Knowing Linguistic Facts -- 2.3. Levels of Explanation in the Theory of Grammar -- 2.4. Abstracts and Non-isomorphic Representation -- 2.5. Types and Tokens -- 2.6. Derivation vs. Representation -- 3. Data, Intuitions, Judgments -- 3.1. Linguistic Phenomena, Linguistic Data, Linguistic Theory -- 3.2. Linguistic Intuitions are Linguistic Judgments -- 3.3. Linguistic Judgments are Reliable (enough) -- 3.4. Linguistic Judgments as Scientific Experiments -- 3.5. On the Alleged Priority of the Data -- 4.A Role for Normative Rule Governance? -- 5. Worries about Rules and Representations -- 5.1. Quinean Indeterminacy Arguments -- 5.2. Kripke/Wittgenstein Concerns about Rules -- 5.3. Externalism about Syntax? -- 6. Referential Semantics for Narrow & Psi;-Languages -- 6.1. The Compatibility of Referential Semantics and Narrow & Psi;-Languages -- 6.2. Chomsky's Incompatibilist Arguments -- 6.3. The "Bite the Bullet" Strategy and Chomsky's Response -- 6.4. The Compatibilist Bites Back -- 6.5. The Prospects for a Non-referential Semantics -- 7. Best Theory Criteria and Methodological Minimalism -- 7.1. Simplicity Criteria -- 7.2. Formal Rigor -- 7.3. Minimal Effort and Optimal Switching Points.
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Subject Generative grammar -- Philosophy.
Generative grammar.
Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ludlow, Peter, 1957- Philosophy of generative linguistics. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199258536 (OCoLC)708051721
ISBN 9780199258536
0199258538
9780191662690 (electronic book)
0191662690 (electronic book)