Devitt Michael. Ignorance of Language

Oxford University Press, 2006. — 319 p.
Quality: goodThe Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a new orthodoxy about mind and language. Michael Devitt throws down a provocative challenge to that orthodoxy. What is linguistics about? What role should linguistic intuitions play in constructing grammars? What is innate about language? Is there a "language faculty?" These questions are crucial to our developing understanding of ourselves; Michael Devitt offers refreshingly original answers.Linguistics is not Psychology
Positions on Psychological Reality
"Philosophical" Arguments for the Representational Thesis
The Relation of Language to Thought
Language Use and Acquisition
Glossary of Named or Numbered ItemsISBN: 0-19-925096-0
ISBN: 978-0-19-925096-7