Chomskyan Linguistics and its Competitors

Introduction 1. Research programmes 1.1. The Empirical Cycle 1.2. Paradigms and Research Programmes 1.3. Truth, Progress, and Revolutions 1.4. Research Programmes in Linguistics Summary of Main Points 2. The Research Programme of Chomskyan Linguistics 2.1. Chomskyan Linguistics and Generative Grammar 2.2. Data and Grammars 2.3. Linguistic Universals 2.4. The Unity of the Research Programme of Chomskyan Linguistics Summary of Main Points 3. The Chomskyan Revolution 3.1. The Research Programme of Post-Bloomfieldian Linguistics 3.2. Continuity and Discontinuity in the Transition 3.3. Has There Been a Chomskyan Revolution? Summary of Main Points 4. Modern Competitors 4.1. Lexical-Functional Grammar 4.2. Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar and Montague Grammar 4.3. Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar Summary of Main Points 5. Aspects of Language Use and Development in Chomskyan Linguistics 5.1. Standard Languages 5.2. Empirical Aspects of First Language Acquisition 5.3. Language Change 5.4. Interlanguage and Second Language Acquisition 5.5. Language and Communication Summary of Main Points Conclusion