ISBN10: 019974033X, ISBN13: 9780199740338, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. An updated and expanded history of the field of linguistics from the 1950s to the current dayThe Linguistics Wars tells the tumultuous history of language and cognition studies from the rise of Noam Chomsky's Transformational Grammar to the current day. Focusing on the rupture that split the field between Chomsky's structuralist vision and George Lakoff's meaning-driven theories, Randy Allen Harris portraysthe extraordinary personalities that were central to the dispute and its aftermath, alongside the data, technical developments, and social currents that fueled the unfolding and expanding schism. This new edition, updated tocover the more than twenty-five years since its original publication and to trace the impact of that schism on the shape of linguistics in the twenty-first century, is essential reading for all those interested in the study of language, the making of knowledge, and some of the most brilliant minds of our era. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 019974033X, ISBN13: 9780199740338, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. An updated and expanded history of the field of linguistics from the 1950s to the current dayThe Linguistics Wars tells the tumultuous history of language and cognition studies from the rise of Noam Chomsky's Transformational Grammar to the current day. Focusing on the rupture that split the field between Chomsky's structuralist vision and George Lakoff's meaning-driven theories, Randy Allen Harris portraysthe extraordinary personalities that were central to the dispute and its aftermath, alongside the data, technical developments, and social currents that fueled the unfolding and expanding schism. This new edition, updated tocover the more than twenty-five years since its original publication and to trace the impact of that schism on the shape of linguistics in the twenty-first century, is essential reading for all those interested in the study of language, the making of knowledge, and some of the most brilliant minds of our era. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 019974033X, ISBN13: 9780199740338, [publisher: OUP USA 2022-02-27, New York, NY] Softcover Language: ENG
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