Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction
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Pages | 304 (3rd ed.) |
ISBN | 9781405111874 |
Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction is a linguistics book about the concept of universal grammar as proposed by Noam Chomsky. First published in 1988, its third edition was authored by Vivian Cook and Mark Newson and released in 2007.
Synopsis
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The book covers, in its first edition, government and binding theory, X-bar theory, theta role, movement, second-language acquisition (SLA).[1] The third edition adds coverage of the minimalist program, a line of research that began in the 1990s, and updates its presentation of government and binding theory.[2]
Reception
David Birdsong, writing in Studies in Second Language Acquisition, reviewed the first edition positively, praising that it has "few rivals for clarity and readability", does much to "elucidate the often misunderstood thinking of Chomsky" and incorporates critiques by Cook that mean the book "does not come across as an apologetic". Birdsong criticised Cook's views on SLA among adults and foreign language teaching, in places, as "casual", "curious" and lacking "practical guidance". He also said that Cook omitted substantial consideration of a contemporary SLA theory question: can knowledge of UG-type constraints "be derived from knowledge of FL" and "general problem-solving methods used by adults"? However, he recommended the book and saw Learnability and Second Languages (1988) as a good companion.[1]
Reviewing the third edition, Ádám Szalontai of
Release details
- Cook, Vivian (1988). Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction (1st ed.). Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
- ISBN 9780631195566.
- ISBN 9781405111874.
References
- ^ S2CID 143583037.
- ^ Acta Linguistica Hungarica. 55 (3–4): 448–453.
- ^ "The latest languages and linguistics textbooks". Times Higher Education. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
External links
- Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction at Blackwell's