1928-, American linguist; b. Philadelphia. His theory of generative
grammar, first proposed in Syntactic
Structures (1957), revolutionized the study of language (see LINGUISTICS;
TRANSFORMATIONAL-GENERATIVE
GRAMMAR). He posits innate structures, not minimal sounds, as the basis
for speech. He has written numerous linguistic works, e.g., Reflections
on Language (1975), and books
on current politics, e.g., The Washington Connection and Third World
Fascism (1979), with Edward S. Herman.
SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Barriers. Linguistic Inquiry Monograph 13, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986.
- Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use. New York:
Praeger Publishers, 1986.
- Language and Problems of Knowledge: The Managua Lectures,
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1987.
- Language in a Psychological Setting. Sophia Linguistica Working
Papers in Linguistics, No. 22, Sophia University, Tokyo, 1987.
- Generative Grammar: Its Basis, Development and Prospects.
Studies in English Linguistics and Literature, Special Issue, Kyoto University
of Foreign Studies, 1988.
- "Some Notes on Economy of Derivation and Representation." In I. Laka
and A. Mahajan (eds) Functional Heads and Clause Structure. MIT Working
Papers in Linguistics, 10, 43-74, 1989. Reprinted in Robert Freidin
(ed) Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar, Current Studies
in Linguistics Series No. 20, 417-454, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991.
- "On the Nature, Use and Acquisition of Language." W. Lycan (ed) Mind
and Cognition: A Reader, 627-646, Oxford: Blackwell, 1990.
- "Linguistics and Adjacent Fields: A Personal View." In A. Kasher
(ed) The Chomskyan Turn. 3-25, Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell,
1991.
- "Linguistics and Cognitive Science: Problems and Mysteries." In A.
Kasher (ed) The Chomskyan Turn. 26-53,
Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1991.
- "Explaining Language Use." Philosophical Topics, 20(1), Spring
1992.
- "Language and Interpretation: Philosophical Reflections and Empirical
Inquiry." In John Earman (ed) Inference,
Explanation, and Other Philosophical Frustrations: Essays in the
Philosophy of Science. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.
- "A Minimalist Program for Linguistic Theory." In K. Hale and
S.J. Keyser (eds) The View from Building 20: Essays in Linguistics in
Honor of Sylvain Bromberger. 1-52, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1993.
- Language and Thought. Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell, 1993.
- (with Howard Lasnik) "The Theory of Principles and Parameters." In
J. Jacbos, A. von Stechow, W. Sternefeld
and T. Vennemann (eds) Syntax: An International Handbook of Contemporary
Research. 506-569, Berline and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1993.
- "Bare Phrase Structure." Cambridge: MITWPL, January 1994. Reprinted
in Otero Festschrift. Georgetown University Press (in press).
- "Naturalism and Dualism in the Study of Language and Mind." International
Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2, September 1994 (in press).
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