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Aleksandra DerraCorresponding author

Explicit and Implicit Assumptions in Noam Chomsky's Theory of Language

Article
13/1 - Spring 2008, pages 83-101
Date of online publication: 30 mars 2016
Date of publication: 30 juin 2008

Abstract

The author identifies selected implicit or not fully explicit assumptions made by Noam Chomsky in his theory of language. Through a careful examination of Chomsky's work, she aims to present the solutions this linguist proposes with respect to two fundamental questions: the question of methodology and the question of the ontological status of language. After reviewing the central theses of Chomsky's theory in the first part of the paper, she turns to the question that is mentioned in the title of this paper, that is, the reservations regarding the assumptions underlying Chomsky's work.

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Derra, Aleksandra. “Explicit and Implicit Assumptions in Noam Chomsky's Theory of Language.” Forum Philosophicum 13, no. 1 (2008): 83–101. doi:10.35765/forphil.2008.1301.06.