Table Of ContentTitle Page Page: iii
Copyright Page Page: iii
Dedication Page: v
Contents Page: vii
Preface to the Second Edition Page: ix
Preface to the First Edition Page: xiii
1. Language, Thought, and the Linguistics Wars Page: 1
2. The Beauty of Deep Structure Page: 15
3. Generative Semantics 1: The Model Page: 65
4. Generative Semantics 2: The Heresy Page: 107
5. The Vicissitudes of War Page: 145
6. Generative Semantics 3: The Ethos Page: 201
7. Generative Semantics 4: The Collapse Page: 223
8. Twentieth Century Linguistics at Closing Time Page: 261
9. The Aftermath: Twenty-First Century Linguistics Page: 301
10. Chomsky Agonistes Page: 363
Notes Page: 423
Works Cited Page: 457
Index Page: 523
Description:An updated and expanded history of the field of linguistics from the 1950s to the current dayThe Linguistics Wars tells the tumultuous history of language and cognition studies from the rise of Noam Chomsky's Transformational Grammar to the current day. Focusing on the rupture that split the field between Chomsky's structuralist vision and George Lakoff's meaning-driven theories, Randy Allen Harris portrays the extraordinary personalities that were central to the dispute and its aftermath, alongside the data, technical developments, and social currents that fueled the unfolding and expanding schism. This new edition, updated to cover the more than twenty-five years since its original publication and to trace the impact of that schism on the shape of linguistics in the twenty-first century, is essential reading for all those interested in the study of language, the making of knowledge, and some of the most brilliant minds of our era.