Linguistics and the formal sciences : the origins of generative grammar / Marcus Tomalin.
An insightful overview of how syntactic theory was influenced by developments in the formal sciences during the twentieth century. Discusses their implications for the work of linguists at that time, outlines their consequences for current syntactic theory, and provides a groundbreaking reassessment...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in linguistics ;
110. |
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| Summary: | An insightful overview of how syntactic theory was influenced by developments in the formal sciences during the twentieth century. Discusses their implications for the work of linguists at that time, outlines their consequences for current syntactic theory, and provides a groundbreaking reassessment of Chomsky's early work in Generative Grammar. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511146981 9780511146985 0511145969 9780511145964 051114640X 9780511146404 9780511486340 0511486340 9786610431793 6610431795 1107155142 9781107155145 1280431792 9781280431791 0511184026 9780511184024 0511331401 9780511331404 9780521066488 0521066484 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511486340 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |