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<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p> <p>Acknowledgments xv</p> <p>1 Synoptic Introduction 1<br /><i>Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, and Georges Rey</i></p> <p>2 BiographicalSketch 18<br /><i>Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, and Georges Rey</i></p> <p><b>Part I Historical Development of Linguistics 23</b></p> <p>3 From the Origins of Government and Binding to the Current State of Minimalism 25<br /><i>Artemis Alexiadou and Terje Lohndal</i></p> <p>4 The Enduring Discoveries of Generative Syntax 52<br /><i>Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng and James Griffiths</i></p> <p>5 The Chomsky Hierarchy 74<br /><i>Tim Hunter</i></p> <p>6 Naturalism, Internalism, and Nativism: <What> The Legacy of The Sound Pattern of English <Should Be> 96<br /><i>Charles Reiss and Veno Volenec</i></p> <p>7 Language as a Branch of Psychology: Chomsky and Cognitive Science 109<br /><i>Lila Gleitman</i></p> <p><b>Part II Contemporary Issues in Syntax 123</b></p> <p>8 The Architecture of the Computation 125<br /><i>David Adger</i></p> <p>9 Merge and Features: The Engine of Syntax 140<br /><i>Peter Svenonius</i></p> <p>10 On Chomsky's Legacy in the Study of Linguistic Diversity 158<br /><i>Mark Baker</i></p> <p>11 Parameters and Linguistic Variation 172<br /><i>Michelle Sheehan</i></p> <p>12 Constraints on Grammatical Dependencies 190<br /><i>Gereon Müller</i></p> <p>13 Chomsky's Influence on Historical Linguistics: From Universal Grammar to Third Factors 210<br /><i>Elly van Gelderen</i></p> <p>14 Second Language Acquisition 222<br /><i>Roumyana Slabakova</i></p> <p>15 Multilingualism and Chomsky's Generative Grammar 232<br /><i>Tanja Kupisch, Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares, Eloi Puig-Mayenco, and Jason Rothman</i></p> <p><b>Part III Comparisons with Other Frameworks 243</b></p> <p>16 The View from Declarative Syntax 245<br /><i>Peter Sells</i></p> <p>17 How Statistical Learning Can PlayWell with Universal Grammar 267<br /><i>Lisa S. Pearl</i></p> <p>18 Chomsky and Usage-Based Linguistics 287<br /><i>Frederick J. Newmeyer</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Processing and Acquisition 305</b></p> <p>19 Sentence Processing and Syntactic Theory 307<br /><i>Dave Kush and Brian Dillon</i></p> <p>20 Neuroscience and Syntax 325<br /><i>Emiliano Zaccarella and Patrick C. Trettenbrein</i></p> <p>21 Universal Grammar and Language Acquisition 348<br /><i>Stephen Crain and Rosalind Thornton</i></p> <p>22 Chomsky and Signed Languages 364<br /><i>Diane Lillo-Martin</i></p> <p>23 Atypical Acquisition 377<br /><i>Neil Smith and Ianthi Tsimpli</i></p> <p><b>Part V Semantics, Pragmatics, and Philosophy of Language 391</b></p> <p>24 Chomsky and the Analytical Tradition 393<br /><i>John Collins</i></p> <p>25 Chomsky on Meaning and Reference 404<br /><i>Paul Pietroski</i></p> <p>26 Chomsky on Semantics 416<br /><i>Michael Glanzberg</i></p> <p>27 Chomsky and Pragmatics 433<br /><i>Nicholas Allott and Deirdre Wilson</i></p> <p><b>Part VI Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Mind 449</b></p> <p>28 Nativism 451<br /><i>Georges Rey</i></p> <p>29 The Deep Forces That Shape Language and the Poverty of the Stimulus 462<br /><i>Stephen Crain, Iain Giblin, and Rosalind Thornton</i></p> <p>30 Chomsky on the Evolution of the Language Faculty: Presentation and Perspectives for Further Research 476<br /><i>Anne Reboul</i></p> <p>31 Chomsky and Intentionality 488<br /><i>John Collins and Georges Rey</i></p> <p>32 The Mind-Body Relation: Problem, Mystery, or What? 503<br /><i>Joseph Levine</i></p> <p><b>Part VII Methodological and Other Explanatory Issues 515</b></p> <p>33 Chomsky's "Galilean" Explanatory Style 517<br /><i>Nicholas Allott, Terje Lohndal, and Georges Rey</i></p> <p>34 Chomsky and Fodor on Modularity 529<br /><i>Nicholas Allott and Neil Smith</i></p> <p>35 Linguistic Judgments as Evidence 544<br /><i>Steven Gross</i></p> <p>36 Chomsky's Problem/Mystery Distinction 557<br /><i>John Collins</i></p> <p>37 Knowledge, Morality, and Hope: The Social Thought of Noam Chomsky 567<br /><i>Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers</i></p> <p><b>Part VIII Reflections 581</b></p> <p>38 Reflections 583<br /><i>Noam Chomsky</i></p> <p>Author Index 595</p> <p>Subject Index 599</p>

<p><b>Nicholas Allott</b> is Senior Lecturer in English Language at the University of Oslo. His work focuses on pragmatics, inference and rationality in communication, word meaning and lexical modulation, legal language and interpretation, and the philosophy of linguistics. His publications include <i>Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals</i> (with Neil Smith) (2016).</p> <p><b>Terje Lohndal</b> is Professor of English Linguistics at NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Adjunct Professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His main areas of research are comparative grammar, multilingualism, and the history of generative linguistics. He has published numerous papers, and several books, among them, <i>Phrase Structure and Argument Structure</i> (2014).</p> <p><b>Georges Rey</b> is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland at College Park. He has written extensively on the foundations of cognitive science, including more than sixty articles and two books, <i>Contemporary Philosophy of Mind</i> (1997) and <i>Representation of Language: Philosophical Issues in a Chomskyan Linguistics</i> (2020).</p>

<p>Widely considered to be one of the most important public intellectuals of our time, Noam Chomsky has revolutionized modern linguistics. His thought has had a profound impact upon the philosophy of language, mind, and science, as well as the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science which his work helped to establish. Now, in this new <i>Companion</i> dedicated to his substantial body of work and the range of its influence, an international assembly of prominent linguists, philosophers, and cognitive scientists reflect upon the interdisciplinary reach of Chomsky's intellectual contributions.</p> <p>Balancing theoretical rigor with accessibility to the non-specialist, the <i>Companion</i> is organized into eight sections—including the historical development of Chomsky's theories and the current state of the art, comparison with rival usage-based approaches, and the relation of his generative approach to work on linguistic processing, acquisition, semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy of language. Later chapters address Chomsky's rationalist critique of behaviorism and related empiricist approaches to psychology, as well as his insistence upon a "Galilean" methodology in cognitive science. Following a brief discussion of the relation of his work in linguistics to his work on political issues, the book concludes with an essay written by Chomsky himself, reflecting on the history and character of his work in his own words.</p> <p>A significant contribution to the study of Chomsky's thought, <i>A Companion to Chomsky</i> is an indispensable resource for philosophers, linguists, psychologists, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and general readers with interest in Noam Chomsky's intellectual legacy as one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century.</p>

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