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Why Some Beliefs of the Transformational Linguists Are Unbelievable.
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Ney, James W. – Language Sciences, 1979
Examines the claim that transformational rules are psychologically real, and applies this claim to all aspects of transformational grammar. (AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics
Prerequisites for a Linguistic Description of Coherence
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Ruhl, Charles – Language Sciences, 1973
Original version of this paper was read at the Fifth Meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, University of Maryland, May 1971. Argues that accounting for coherence in discourse should be one of the goals of linguistic theory; making coherent discourse, not the isolated sentence, the domain of linguistic explanation also throws…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics, Semantics
"Cartesian Linguistics": History or Fantasy?
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Aarsleff, Hans – Language Sciences, 1971
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Language Universals
Philosophy and Linguistic Theory
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Verhaar, John W. M. – Language Sciences, 1971
Paper delivered as a Forum Lecture at the 1970 Linguistic Institute at Ohio State University. (DS)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Innate Language?
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Kronenfeld, David B. – Language Sciences, 1979
Examines the innate faculties that underlie linguistic competence, especially syntactic competence, and proposes a theory of these faculties which accounts for the complexities of language and the evolution of human language. (AM)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Ability