
Philosophy of Generative Linguistics
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- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Linguistic Preliminaries
- 1.1 Transformational Grammar from ST to EST
- 1.2 Government and Binding Theory
- 1.3 The Principles and Parameters Framework
- 1.4 The Minimalist Program
- 2. The Ontology of Generative Linguistics
- 2.1 E-Language, I-Language, ?-Language
- 2.2 Having Linguistic Rules and Knowing Linguistic Facts
- 2.3 Levels of Explanation in the Theory of Grammar
- 2.4 Abstracta and Non-isomorphic Representation
- 2.5 Types and Tokens
- 2.6 Derivation vs. Representation
- 3. Data, Intuitions, Judgments
- 3.1 Linguistic Phenomena, Linguistic Data, Linguistic Theory
- 3.2 Linguistic Intuitions are Linguistic Judgments
- 3.3 Linguistic Judgments are Reliable (enough)
- 3.4 Linguistic Judgments as Scientific Experiments
- 3.5 On the Alleged Priority of the Data
- 4. A Role for Normative Rule Governance?
- 5. Worries about Rules and Representations
- 5.1 Quinean Indeterminacy Arguments
- 5.2 Kripke/Wittgenstein Concerns about Rules
- 5.3 Externalism about Syntax?
- 6. Referential Semantics for Narrow ?-Languages
- 6.1 The Compatibility of Referential Semantics and Narrow ?-Languages
- 6.2 Chomsky's Incompatibilist Arguments
- 6.3 The "Bite the Bullet" Strategy and Chomsky's Response
- 6.4 The Compatibilist Bites Back
- 6.5 The Prospects for a Non-referential Semantics
- 7. Best Theory Criteria and Methodological Minimalism
- 7.1 Simplicity Criteria
- 7.2 Formal Rigor
- 7.3 Minimal Effort and Optimal Switching Points
- Appendix: Interview with Noam Chomsky
- Bibliography
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