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Understanding Language

Towards a Post-Chomskyan Linguistics

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Prologue

    1. Prologue

      • Terence Moore, Christine Carling
      Pages 1-16
  3. Chomsky’s Theory of Grammar: the Divergence of Linguistics from Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Chomsky’s Theory of Grammar: the Historical Connection

      • Terence Moore, Christine Carling
      Pages 19-47
    3. Grammar and Explanation

      • Terence Moore, Christine Carling
      Pages 48-88
    4. Grammar and Mind

      • Terence Moore, Christine Carling
      Pages 89-120
    5. Interlude

      • Terence Moore, Christine Carling
      Pages 121-141
  4. Towards a Post-Chomskyan Linguistics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
    2. Prerequisites for Understanding Language

      • Terence Moore, Christine Carling
      Pages 145-176
    3. The Consequences of Variability

      • Terence Moore, Christine Carling
      Pages 177-214
    4. Epilogue

      • Terence Moore, Christine Carling
      Pages 215-218
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 219-225

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Language

  • Book Subtitle: Towards a Post-Chomskyan Linguistics

  • Authors: Terence Moore, Christine Carling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16895-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Terence Moore and Christine Carling 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-33108-8Published: 28 October 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-16895-8Published: 28 October 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 225

  • Topics: Theoretical Linguistics

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