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Chomsky
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People speak of 'the Chomsky revolution'. By this they mean much more than the vast changes that Noam Chomsky has brought about in his own, highly specialized field - linguistics. Chomsky has made this once remote academic discipline a centre and a frontier in the thought of today. His search for the universal in language is a search for understanding of the human mind, and of the relationship of mind and body. It is this which crowds Chomsky's linguistics lectures with students of philosophy, psychology, biology, anthropology, and which requires anyone seeking to understand the revolution in thought of today to venture some distance into this somewhat forbidding field.
Professor John Lyons of the University of Edinburgh is especially well qualified to be the readers guide in this exploration of linguistics. He has long been interested in Chomsky's work, and is the author of a much-praised students' introduction to the subject: Theoretical Linguistics. Furthermore, Chomsky himself has signified his approval of Lyons exposition of his ideas, though Lyons has occasionally disagreed with him.
People speak of 'the Chomsky revolution'. By this they mean much more than the vast changes that Noam Chomsky has brought about in his own, highly specialized field - linguistics. Chomsky has made this once remote academic discipline a centre and a frontier in the thought of today. His search for the universal in language is a search for understanding of the human mind, and of the relationship of mind and body. It is this which crowds Chomsky's linguistics lectures with students of philosophy, psychology, biology, anthropology, and which requires anyone seeking to understand the revolution in thought of today to venture some distance into this somewhat forbidding field.
Professor John Lyons of the University of Edinburgh is especially well qualified to be the readers guide in this exploration of linguistics. He has long been interested in Chomsky's work, and is the author of a much-praised students' introduction to the subject: Theoretical Linguistics. Furthermore, Chomsky himself has signified his approval of Lyons exposition of his ideas, though Lyons has occasionally disagreed with him.
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First published January 1, 1970
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John Lyons
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Sir John Lyons, LittD, FBA, is an English linguist, working on semantics. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyo...]
Sir John Lyons, LittD, FBA, is an English linguist, working on semantics. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyo...]
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April 4, 2021
Having read some of Chomsky's more political writings, as well as having come across him in my Computer Science studies, it was very interesting to hear more about his contributions to linguistics. I appreciated the way the author looked at his work over time as this gave good context for his theories and ideas.
July 9, 2021
A decent enough introduction to Chomskyan linguistics.
September 14, 2023
Second Modern Masters book that I’ve read, great intro to Chomsky’s technical ideas, which are his most interesting.
October 14, 2023
Simple and good enough intro to syntactic structure and some of Chomsky’s work.
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July 9, 2019
A useful biography for those who approach Chomsky as a linguist and are looking for a way into "Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar"
January 17, 2023
A solid introduction to Chomsky’s linguistic work.
April 22, 2015
what can i say?
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