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Huck, Geoffrey J.; Goldsmith, John A. – 1995
A revisionist account of the development of ideas about semantics in modern theories of language is presented, focusing on the rift between Noam Chomsky and Generative Semanticists about the concept of deep structure, or the role of meaning in grammar. The discussion re-appraises the paradigm that has dominated American linguistics since the…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis, Educational History, Grammar
Pierce, Joe E. – 1979
A variety of types of evidence are examined to help determine the true nature of "deep structure" and what, if any, implications this has for linguistic theory as well as culture theory generally. The evidence accumulated over the past century on the nature of phonetic and phonemic systems is briefly discussed, and the following areas of…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Child Language, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics
