Saussure and Chomsky : Converging and Diverging

Genoveva Puskas

ISBN 10: 3034344570 / ISBN 13: 9783034344579

Editore: Peter Lang, 2022

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Saussure and Chomsky, the two major figures in linguistics of the twentiethcentury and beyond, have often been compared. The collection of bilingualEnglish and French papers of this volume offers different perspectives, defendedby two generations of researchers, on what brings together and distinguishesthe Saussurean and Chomskyan theories. The papers all highlight that the twotheories offer points of convergence, as they are interested in the same humanmanifestation, while divergence emerges from the fact that they build on twodifferent premises about the nature of their object of study. The authors donot always reach similar conclusions but offer thoughts and material that willdefinitely help readers form their own opinion.

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• Titolo: Saussure and Chomsky : Converging and Diverging
• Editore: Peter Lang
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3034344570
• ISBN 13: 9783034344579
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 210 L x 148 A x 10 P (millimetri) 210 millimetri di larghezza per 148 millimetri di altezza per 10 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 231 grammi

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"Saussure and Chomsky, the two major figures in linguistics of the twentieth century and beyond, have often been compared. The collection of bilingual English and French papers of this volume offers different perspectives, defended by two generations of researchers, on what brings together and distinguishes the Saussurean and Chomskyan theories. The papers all highlight that the two theories offer points of convergence, as they are interested in the same human manifestation, while divergence emerges fromthe fact that they build on two different premises about the nature of their object of study. The authors do not always reach similar conclusions but offer thoughts and material that will definitely help readers form their own opinion"--