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Zusatztext Ludlow's book contains a rich and highly informed discussion of a wide range of issues in the philosophy of linguistics. It is an excellent and important contribution to this emerging field, and hopefully it will encourage its continuing growth. Informationen zum Autor Peter Ludlow is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. He taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the University of Michigan, and the University of Toronto before joining Northwestern Klappentext Peter Ludlow presents the first book on the philosophy of generative linguistics. He explains the motivation of the generative framework, describes its mechanisms, and addresses issues of broad philosophical interest, for instance the ontology of linguistics, the nature of data, language/world relations, and best theory criteria. Zusammenfassung Peter Ludlow presents the first book on the philosophy of generative linguistics. He explains the motivation of the generative framework, describes its mechanisms, and addresses issues of broad philosophical interest, for instance the ontology of linguistics, the nature of data, language/world relations, and best theory criteria. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The Plan 1: Linguistic Preliminaries 2: The Ontology of Generative Linguistics 3: Linguistic Data and Linguistic Judgments 4: A Role for Normative Rule Governance? 5: Worries about Rules and Representations 6: Referential Semantics for narrow ?-languages? 7: Best Theory Criteria and Methodological Minimalism Appendix: Interview with Noam Chomsky Bibliography
