Chomskyan linguistics
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Chomskyan linguistics is a theoretical approach to language pioneered by Noam Chomsky that emphasizes humans’ innate linguistic capacity and focuses on the formal, generative rules underlying all natural languages.
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| Chomskyan generative grammar | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
approach to language
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linguistic theory ⓘ theoretical framework in linguistics ⓘ |
| aimsToExplain |
how children acquire language rapidly
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the set of possible human languages ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Universal Grammar ⓘ formal semantics (later developments) ⓘ Principles and Parameters Theory ⓘ
surface form:
language acquisition device
modularity of mind ⓘ poverty of the stimulus argument ⓘ transformational-generative grammar ⓘ |
| basedOn |
formal syntax
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generative grammar ⓘ rationalist philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Bloomfieldian structuralism
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behaviorist approaches to language ⓘ functionalist linguistics ⓘ usage-based approaches to language ⓘ |
| developedBy | Noam Chomsky ⓘ |
| distinguishes | competence and performance ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
competence over performance
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universal aspects of language ⓘ |
| field | linguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
formal properties of natural language
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generative rules of grammar ⓘ human innate linguistic capacity ⓘ |
| influenced |
cognitive science
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formal language theory in computer science ⓘ generative syntax ⓘ language acquisition research ⓘ modern psycholinguistics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cartesian rationalism
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logical positivism ⓘ
surface form:
logical positivism (partly in reaction)
mathematical logic ⓘ structural linguistics ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
hierarchical phrase structure
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recursion in language ⓘ |
| keyWork |
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
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Syntactic Structures ⓘ |
| methodology |
formal modeling of grammaticality judgments
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idealization to an ideal speaker-hearer ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Noam Chomsky ⓘ |
| originatedIn | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| posits |
I-language as internal language
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Universal Grammar as species-specific ⓘ deep structure and surface structure (in early models) ⓘ innate constraints on possible human grammars ⓘ principles and parameters (in later models) ⓘ transformational rules (in early models) ⓘ |
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binding (linguistics)
this entity surface form:
Chomskyan generative grammar