Noam Chomsky is one of the leading intellectual figures of modern times.He has had a major influence on linguistics,psychology and philosophy,and a significant effect on a range of other disciplines from anthropology to mathematics,education to literary criticism.
In this rigorous yet accessible account of Chomsky's work and influence,Neil Smith analyses Chomsky's key contributions to the study of language and the study of mind.He gives a detailed and partly historical exposition of Chomsky's l

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导读
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 The mirror of the mind
Linguistics as a science
Modularity
Competence and performance
Chapter 2 The linguistic foundation
Introduction
Knowledge of laguage
The lexion
Knowledge of languae：structural relations
Know ledge of language：structural relations
Levels of representation
Constituents and rules
Deep structure
Description Versus explanation
Government and Binding theory
Empty categories
The status of transformations
Principles and parameters
Lexical and functional categories
Minimalism
A historical progression
Evolution
Chapter 3 Psychological reality
Chapter 4 Philosophical realism：commitments and controversies
Chapter 5 Language and freedom
Conclusion
Envoi
Notes and references
Bibliography
Index
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