Foundations of Linguistic Theory
Ling 125: Foundations of Linguistic Theory
The course offers a survey of some of the history and foundational assumptions of generative grammar, and looks at some of the influence of generative linguistic theorizing on disciplines outside of linguistics. Topics may include: the goals of Noam Chomsky and other historical and modern linguists, the nature of the competence-performance divide, the relation between language and the rest of cognition, the status of linguistics as a science, and the validity of acceptability studies.
Prerequisite(s): Ling 113 (Syntax Two)
or Ling 116 (Semantics Two).
General Education Code: None