ABSTRACT

In The Ideological Structure of Linguistic Theory Geoffrey J. Huck and John A. Goldsmith provide a revisionist account of the development of ideas about semantics in modern theories of language, focusing particularly on Chomsky's very public rift with the Generative Semanticists about the concept of Deep Structure.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter |54 pages

Gaps in the Paradigm

Mediational and distributional themes in theoretical syntax

chapter |19 pages

Rhetorical Strategies and Linguistic Argumentation

Three case studies

chapter |5 pages

Conclusion