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Getting the word out: The early generativists' multipronged efforts to diffuse their ideas.
- Source :
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Language . Mar2014, Vol. 90 Issue 1, p241-268. 28p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This discussion note revolves around the early days of generative grammar, that is to say the late 1950s and the 1960s. A number of commentators have claimed that MIT linguists in this period formed an elitist in-group, talking only to each other by means of inaccessible 'underground' publications and thereby erecting a barrier between themselves and the outside world of linguistics. I attempt to refute such claims. We see that the early generativists used every means at their disposal at the time to diffuse their ideas: publishing single-authored books, journal articles, anthology chapters, and technical reports; aiding the writing of textbooks; giving conference talks; teaching at LSA (Linguistic Society of America) Institutes; and hosting numerous visitors to MIT. And in particular, there was no significant 'underground' literature to obstruct the acceptance of the new theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00978507
- Volume :
- 90
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Language
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 95063496
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2014.0012