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Peer reviewedHalle, Morris – Language, 1975
The article represents the Presidential Address delivered at the Golden Anniversary meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in New York, 29 December 1974. The question of how to do linguistics is raised. Specific tactics are recommended, but it is stated that a procedure for discovering solutions to linguistic problems is lacking. (CLK)
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Generative Phonology, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Download full textMARCKWARDT, ALBERT H. – 1963
TO DISPEL THE MYSTERIES SURROUNDING LINGUISTICS, ENGLISH TEACHERS SHOULD UNDERSTAND CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE LANGUAGE AS THEY ARE PERCEIVED BY THE LINGUIST. THE LINGUIST SEES LANGUAGE AS "A SYSTEM OF PATTERNED VOCAL BEHAVIOR BY MEANS OF WHICH MEN COOPERATE IN SOCIETY." BY USING RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC METHODS, HE STUDIES REPRESENTATIVE AND AUTHENTIC…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English Instruction, Function Words, Language
Chomsky, Noam – College English, 1966
Two traditions are distinguishable in modern linguistic theory: the tradition of "universal grammar" which flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the tradition of structural or descriptive linguistics which reached its peak 15 or 20 years ago. Universal grammar was concerned with (1) the relation of deep structure to surface forms and to…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, English Instruction, Grammar
