The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics - Second Edition - Keith Allan
‘General’ or ‘universal’ grammar: from the modistae to Chomsky
The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics - Second Edition - Keith Allan
Keith Allan [+]
Monash University
Keith Allan is Professor of Linguistics at Monash University. His research interests focus mainly on aspects of meaning in language, with a secondary interest in the history and philosophy of linguistics. His books include Linguistic Meaning (2 vols, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986), Euphemism and Dysphemism: Language Used as Shield and Weapon (with Kate Burridge, OUP, 1991), Natural Language Semantics (Blackwell, 2001), Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language (with Kate Burridge, CUP 2006), Concise Encyclopaedia of Semantics (Elsevier, 2009) and The English Language and Linguistics Companion (with Julie Bradshaw, et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
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Topics include: The background to general grammar; The modistae or speculative grammarians; The recognition of vernacular languages; The search for a ‘philosophical language’ and a ‘real character’; General or universal and rationalist grammar; From the modistae to Chomsky