The development of the Minimalist Program (MP), Noam Chomsky's most recent generative model of linguistics, has been highly influential over the last twenty years. It has had significant implications not only for the conduct of linguistic analysis itself, but also for our understanding of the status of linguistics as a science. The reflections and analyses in this book contain insights into the strengths and the weaknesses of the MP. These include: a clarification of the content of the Strong Minimalist Thesis (SMT); a synthesis of Chomsky's linguistic and interdisciplinary discourses; and an analysis of the notion of optimal computation from conceptual, empirical and philosophical perspectives. This book will encourage graduate students and researchers in linguistics to reflect on the foundations of their discipline, and the interdisciplinary nature of the topics explored will appeal to those studying biolinguistics, neurolinguistics, the philosophy of language and other related disciplines.
| ISBN: | 9781107041349 |
| Publication date: | 16th October 2014 |
| Author: | Fahad Rashed AlMutairi |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Linguistics |
| Genres: |
Grammar, syntax and morphology Linguistics Philosophy of language Philosophy Philosophy of mind Cognition and cognitive psychology Philosophy of science Physics Biology, life sciences Evolution |
The development of the Minimalist Program (MP), Noam Chomsky's most recent generative model of linguistics, has been highly influential over the last twenty years. It has had significant implications not only for the conduct of linguistic analysis itself, but also for our understanding of the status of linguistics as a science. The reflections and analyses in this book contain insights into the strengths and the weaknesses of the MP. These include: a clarification of the content of the Strong Minimalist Thesis (SMT); a synthesis of Chomsky's linguistic and interdisciplinary discourses; and an analysis of the notion of optimal computation from conceptual, empirical and philosophical perspectives. This book will encourage graduate students and researchers in linguistics to reflect on the foundations of their discipline, and the interdisciplinary nature of the topics explored will appeal to those studying biolinguistics, neurolinguistics, the philosophy of language and other related disciplines.
The Minimalist Program features in the following genres: Grammar, syntax and morphology, Linguistics, Philosophy of language, Philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Philosophy of science, Physics, Biology, life sciences, Evolution
The Minimalist Program is available in Hardback
The Minimalist Program was written by Fahad Rashed AlMutairi and published by Cambridge University Press
The Minimalist Program has 240 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Linguistics series