Linguistics and the Formal Sciences: The Origins of Generative Grammar

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 syntactic theory, and provides a reassessment of Chomsky's early work in Generative Grammar.

• | Author: Marcus Tomalin
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 16, 2006
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780521854818
• | ISBN-10: 0521854814