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These cogent essays on linguistic theory explore Noam Chomsky's influential concept of generative grammar. The readings form a coherent outline of transformational theory, the distinguished author and educator's controversial challenge to structural linguistics. They rely chiefly on Chomsky's own words, but their arrangement is such that nonspecialists will have no difficulty in following the text. Topics include syntactic structure, features, and...
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La obra monumental de Noam Chomsky ha merecido en 1988 el premio Kyoto, el equivalente al Nobel para la "ciencia básica". Chomsky ha estudiado sobre todo dos temas: el "problema de Platón" (¿cómo sabemos tanto a partir de tan pocos datos?) y el "problema de Orwell" (¿cómo se logra que cerremos los ojos a datos obvios?). Publicadas aquí en dos volúmenes, que corresponden a estos dos problemas, estas conferencias para un público no especializado...
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The seminal writings of America's leading philosopher, linguist, and political thinker… For the past fifty years Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and language have established him as a preeminent public intellectual as well as one of the most original political and social critics of our time. Among the seminal figures in linguistic theory over the past century, Chomsky has also secured a place among the most influential dissident voice in the...
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The two most popular titles by the noted linguist and critic in one volume-an ideal introduction to his work.
On Language features some of Noam Chomsky's most informal and highly accessible work. In Part I, Language and Responsibility, Chomsky presents a fascinating self-portrait of his political, moral, and linguistic thinking. In Part II, Reflections on Language, Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers...
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