Isbn: 9780521097987 - transformational grammar as a theory of language acquisition: a study in the empirical conceptual and methodological foundations of contemporary ... studies in linguistics, 10, band 10) (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Used-Very Good. 1st Edition. Pbk. Some shelf-wear and creasing to cover. Else clean copy.

Zustand: Good. Volume 10. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0521097983.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No d/j as Published. Type: Book N.B. Small plain label to inside front cover. Rubbing to edges and corners of covers and spine.

Cambridge at the University Press, Cambridge, 1973. XII,346p. Paperback. Spine with reading traces. Very few pen strikes and markings in margins. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. The revolution in linguistic thought associated with the name of Professor Noam Chomsky centres on the theory of transformational generation, especially in grammar. This book subjects the main theory and some of its applications to a searching critique. It finds the theory in some places circular, in general descriptively inadequate, but above all aprioristic and dangerously unempirical. Professor Derwing writes as a linguist particularly interested in the psychology of language acquisition, and conscious that the TGG model starts from assumptions about the mind and linguistic universals which dictate the form and the consequences of the argument. They strike Professor Derwing as arbitrary and merely formal, and as contradicting basic scientific mental habits. In brief, Professor Derwing disputes that TGG exemplifies proper empirical scientific inquiry; that something like a TGG is part of the output of normal language acquisition; or that TGG provides a valid heuristic for psychological investigation. He argues therefore for a more experimental approach if we are actually to discover how language is acquired. (Editor's information). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover.…

1. 360 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Sligt traces of storage or use. Cover slightly stained. Otherwise good exemplar. 9780521097987 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 555 Softcover: 15.2 x 2.3 x 22.9 cm.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This book subjects the main theory of revolution in linguistic thought and some of its applications to a searching critique. Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530. . 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 360 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | This book subjects the main theory of revolution in linguistic thought and some of its applications to a searching critique.