On comparing linguistic theories

Further notes on the generative semantics/interpretive semantics debate in American linguistics

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1998 English Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing CompanyJournal:Historiographia Linguistica, volume 25, pages 345-372 (issn: 0302-5160, eissn: 1569-9781,

Authors: Geoffrey J. Huck; John A. Goldsmith;

doi: 10.1075/hl.25.3.07huc

On comparing linguistic theories

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SummaryThe article examines several issues raised in recent critiques ofIdeology and Linguistic Theory(Huck & Goldsmith 1995) and finds no reason either to reject or to revise the original conclusion that Interpretivist arguments purporting to establish the superiority of Interpretive Semantics over Generative Semantics were weak and were justifiably dismissed by proponents of the latter. It also briefly discusses the particular use of the term ‘ideology’ and its application in an analysis of linguistic thought.

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