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Mussad, Albert E. – Georgetown Journal of Languages and Linguistics, 1991
Discusses Chomsky's linguistic theories and suggests that these theories have clear implications for politics, philosophy, and psychology. (five references) (JL)
Descriptors: Creativity, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Philosophy
Peer reviewedGoke-Pariola, Abiodun – Language and Communication, 1993
Examines Pierre Bourdieu's basic theory on language and criticisms of structuralism, transformational grammar, and the speech act theory as they appear in Language and Symbolic Power. Bourdieu's theories are applied to the colonial and postcolonial language situation in Nigeria. (JP)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Theory, Speech Acts
Titone, Renzo – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
For the past 30 years, much has been written about the works of Noam Chomsky. A comparison is presented of the latest writings about Chomsky (in particular P.M.S. Hacker's 1990 work) with those written in the early 1960s. (CFM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Semantics
Kolczynski, Richard G. – 1972
Noam Chomsky's theory of grammar, or more specifically his theory of syntax, proposes to describe all possible English sentences through an explanation of how the native speaker generates sentences. It is the study of one's competence that offers insights into how language is acquired and how the rules and generalizations of that language are…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance, Linguistic Theory
