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  2. Generative grammar - Wikipedia

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    Generative grammar studies language as part of cognitive science. Thus, research in the generative tradition involves formulating and testing hypotheses about the mental processes that allow humans to use language. [4] [5] [6] Like other approaches in linguistics, generative grammar engages in linguistic description rather than linguistic ...

  3. Phonology in Generative Grammar - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version ... Phonology in Generative Grammar is a 1994 book by Michael Kenstowicz in which the author ...

  4. Rudolf P. Botha - Wikipedia

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    Rudolf P. Botha is a South African linguist. He is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at Stellenbosch University and Honorary Professor of Linguistics at Utrecht University . Botha is best known for his works on the philosophy of linguistics .

  5. Noam Chomsky - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... producing Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar (1972), ... South Africa depended on its black population for labor, ...

  6. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax - Wikipedia

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    As British linguist Peter Hugoe Matthews noted in his review [9] of the book, the content of Aspects can be divided into two distinct parts: Chapter 1 is concerned with the psychological reality of language and the philosophy of language research, and the rest of the chapters deal with specific technical details within generative grammar.

  7. Jerrold Katz - Wikipedia

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    Within linguistics, Katz is best known for his theory of semantics in generative grammar, which he refers to as the autonomous theory of sense (ATS). [2] Katz was a staunch defender of rationalism (although not in a Cartesian/Fregean sense) and the metaphysical import of "essences". He argued extensively against the dominance of empiricism.

  8. Outline of linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Generative linguistics – an approach which seeks to ground grammar in a specialized language module; Formalism (linguistics) – the theory of language as a formal system with mathematical-logical rules and a formal grammar; Functional linguistics – language as used and coming from use

  9. Frederick Newmeyer - Wikipedia

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    Frederick J. (Fritz) Newmeyer (born January 30, 1944) is an American linguist who is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Washington and adjunct professor in the University of British Columbia Department of Linguistics and the Simon Fraser University Department of Linguistics.