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I would also recommend "The Linguistics Wars," by Randy Harris, which
recounts the anything-but-polite battles that raged among Chomsky and his
students about the scope and content of transformational grammar over the
course of the 60s and 70s. It's a very illuminating look at the
take-no-prisoners polemical style that is Chomsky's legacy, for better or
worse.
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Tresy Kilbourne
Seattle WA
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>From: john wakefield <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] Introduction to Linguistics
>Date: Sat, Oct 9, 1999, 4:17 PM
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> Hugh Denman wrote:
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>> I'd be especially interested in a
>> site with a right-wing / establishment / reactionary perspective, for the
>> sake of comparison.
>
> I would be interested in this also, but it seems that Chomsky is basically
just
> ignored by these people. There are some broadside criticisms of him, but there
is
> little if any in-depth discussion by the establishment of Chomsky's views.
>
>> Also, any sites with good introduction to his
>> linguistic theory would be interesting.
>
> I'm not sure what level of introduction you want, but if you need to start at
the
> very beginning (like myself), the book "Teach Yourself Linquistics" (Fourth
> edition by Jean Aitchison) might be a good place to start. Here's a quote from
> the back cover: "In its final section, it explores Chomsky's transformational
> grammar, and devotes a chapter to his 'Government and Binding' theory." Then
> there is "Chomsky for Beginners" by John Maher and Judy Groves.
>
> John Wakefield
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