The Minimalist Program

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-04134-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 143, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 504 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

The development of the Minimalist Program (MP), Noam Chomsky's most recent generative model of linguistics, has been highly influential over the last twenty years. It has had significant implications not only for the conduct of linguistic analysis itself, but also for our understanding of the status of linguistics as a science. The reflections and analyses in this book contain insights into the strengths and the weaknesses of the MP. Among these are, a clarification of the content of the Strong Minimalist Thesis (SMT); a synthesis of Chomsky's linguistic and interdisciplinary discourses; and an analysis of the notion of optimal computation from conceptual, empirical and philosophical perspectives. This book will encourage graduate students and researchers in linguistics to reflect on the foundations of their discipline, and the interdisciplinary nature of the topics explored will appeal to those studying biolinguistics, neurolinguistics, the philosophy of language and other related disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Al-Mutairi, Fahad Rashed

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. The minimalist programme; 3. The strong minimalist thesis (SMT); 4. The SMT in an evolutionary context; 5. The SMT as an explanatory thesis; 6. Optimal computation and multiple realisation; 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Al-Mutairi, Fahad Rashed
Fahad Rashed Al-Mutairi is a PhD graduate from the University of Essex (UK). His academic interests are broad and include syntactic theory, the evolution of language, and the philosophy of science and mind.