A companion to Chomsky

Author(s)

• Allott, Nicholas
• Lohndal, Terje
• Rey, Georges

Bibliographic Information

A companion to Chomsky

edited by Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, Georges Rey

（Blackwell companions to philosophy, 74）

Wiley Blackwell, 2021

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A COMPANION TO CHOMSKY Widely considered to be one of the most important public intellectuals of our time, Noam Chomsky has revolutionized modern linguistics. His thought has had a profound impact upon the philosophy of language, mind, and science, as well as the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science which his work helped to establish. Now, in this new Companion dedicated to his substantial body of work and the range of its influence, an international assembly of prominent linguists, philosophers, and cognitive scientists reflect upon the interdisciplinary reach of Chomsky's intellectual contributions. Balancing theoretical rigor with accessibility to the non-specialist, the Companion is organized into eight sections-including the historical development of Chomsky's theories and the current state of the art, comparison with rival usage-based approaches, and the relation of his generative approach to work on linguistic processing, acquisition, semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy of language. Later chapters address Chomsky's rationalist critique of behaviorism and related empiricist approaches to psychology, as well as his insistence upon a "Galilean" methodology in cognitive science. Following a brief discussion of the relation of his work in linguistics to his work on political issues, the book concludes with an essay written by Chomsky himself, reflecting on the history and character of his work in his own words. A significant contribution to the study of Chomsky's thought, A Companion to Chomsky is an indispensable resource for philosophers, linguists, psychologists, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and general readers with interest in Noam Chomsky's intellectual legacy as one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xv 1 Synoptic Introduction 1 Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, and Georges Rey 2 Biographical Sketch 18 Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, and Georges Rey Part I Historical Development of Linguistics 23 3 From the Origins of Government and Binding to the Current State of Minimalism 25 Artemis Alexiadou and Terje Lohndal 4 The Enduring Discoveries of Generative Syntax 52 Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng and James Griffiths 5 The Chomsky Hierarchy 74 Tim Hunter 6 Naturalism, Internalism, and Nativism: The Legacy of The Sound Pattern of English 96 Charles Reiss and Veno Volenec 7 Language as a Branch of Psychology: Chomsky and Cognitive Science 109 Lila Gleitman Part II Contemporary Issues in Syntax 123 8 The Architecture of the Computation 125 David Adger 9 Merge and Features: The Engine of Syntax 140 Peter Svenonius 10 On Chomsky's Legacy in the Study of Linguistic Diversity 158 Mark Baker 11 Parameters and Linguistic Variation 172 Michelle Sheehan 12 Constraints on Grammatical Dependencies 190 Gereon Muller 13 Chomsky's Influence on Historical Linguistics: From Universal Grammar to Third Factors 210 Elly van Gelderen 14 Second Language Acquisition 222 Roumyana Slabakova 15 Multilingualism and Chomsky's Generative Grammar 232 Tanja Kupisch, Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares, Eloi Puig-Mayenco, and Jason Rothman Part III Comparisons with other Frameworks 243 16 The View from Declarative Syntax 245 Peter Sells 17 How Statistical Learning Can Play Well with Universal Grammar 267 Lisa S. Pearl 18 Chomsky and Usage-Based Linguistics 287 Frederick J. Newmeyer Part IV Processing and Acquisition 305 19 Sentence Processing and Syntactic Theory 307 Dave Kush and Brian Dillon 20 Neuroscience and Syntax 325 Emiliano Zaccarella and Patrick C. Trettenbrein 21 Universal Grammar and Language Acquisition 348 Stephen Crain and Rosalind Thornton 22 Chomsky and Signed Languages 364 Diane Lillo-Martin 23 Atypical Acquisition 377 Neil Smith and Ianthi Tsimpli Part V Semantics, Pragmatics, and Philosophy of Language 391 24 Chomsky and the Analytical Tradition 393 John Collins 25 Chomsky on Meaning and Reference 404 Paul Pietroski 26 Chomsky on Semantics 416 Michael Glanzberg 27 Chomsky and Pragmatics 433 Nicholas Allott and Deirdre Wilson Part VI Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Mind 449 28 Nativism 451 Georges Rey 29 The Deep Forces That Shape Language and the Poverty of the Stimulus 462 Stephen Crain, Iain Giblin, and Rosalind Thornton 30 Chomsky on the Evolution of the Language Faculty: Presentation and Perspectives for Further Research 476 Anne Reboul 31 Chomsky and Intentionality 488 John Collins and Georges Rey 32 The Mind-Body Relation: Problem, Mystery, or What? 503 Joseph Levine Part VII Methodological and other Explanatory Issues 515 33 Chomsky's "Galilean" Explanatory Style 517 Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, and Georges Rey 34 Chomsky and Fodor on Modularity 529 Nicholas Allott and Neil Smith 35 Linguistic Judgments as Evidence 544 Steven Gross 36 Chomsky's Problem/Mystery Distinction 557 John Collins 37 Knowledge, Morality, and Hope: The Social Thought of Noam Chomsky 567 Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers Part VIII Reflections 581 38 Reflections 583 Noam Chomsky Author Index 595 Subject Index 599

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Details

• NCID: BC03273529
• ISBN:
  • 9781119598701
• LCCN: 2020043389
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hoboken
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 618 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P85.C47
  • DC23 : 410.92
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chomsky, Noam -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Chomsky, Noam
  • LCSH : Linguistics -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12148465