On language Chomsky's classic works : language and responsibility and reflections on language in one volume
In Part I, Language and responsibility, Chomsky presents a fascinating self-portrait of his political, moral, and linguistic thinking. In Part II, Reflections on language, Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers incisive analyses of the controversies among...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English French |
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| Summary: | In Part I, Language and responsibility, Chomsky presents a fascinating self-portrait of his political, moral, and linguistic thinking. In Part II, Reflections on language, Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers incisive analyses of the controversies among psychologists, philosophers, and linguists over fuindamental questions of langauge. |
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| Item Description: | Language and responsibility is based on "conversations between Chomsky and the French linguist Mitsou Ronat, carried on in English on his part, in French on hers. The conversations were recorded on tape, and Mitsou Ronat published them in France after translating Chomsky into French . . . . [When the English translation was ordered,] the original tapes were no longer available." Chomsky aided the translator in reconstructing and revising words after they were translated back into English. |
| Physical Description: | 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1565844750 9781565844759 |
| Author Notes: | Chomsky received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy. He conducted much of his research at Harvard University. In 1955, he began teaching at MIT, eventually holding the Ferrari P. Ward Chair of Modern Language and Linguistics. Today Chomsky is highly regarded as both one of America's most prominent linguists and most notorious social critics and political activists. His academic reputation began with the publication of Syntactic Structures in 1957. Within a decade, he became known as an outspoken intellectual opponent of the Vietnam War. Chomsky has written many books on the links between language, human creativity, and intelligence, including Language and Mind (1967) and Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use (1985). He also has written dozens of political analyses, including Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (1988), Chronicles of Dissent (1992), and The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many (1993). (Bowker Author Biography) |
