Formal Reconstruction, Interpretation and Choice
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Chomsky’s linguistic theories, structural view, model-theoretical reconstructions interpretation and selection of the reconstructive componentsAbstract
In the first part of the work some introductory remarks are carried out, framing the view of the work of formalization as reconstructive task of scientific theories. The second part of the work is divided into two stages. In the first one a presentation of Chomsky’s first theories of Grammar are inserted. They were presented in: Syntactic Structures (Chomsky 1957) and The Logical Structure of the Linguistic Theory (Chomsky 1975); and then in Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (Chomsky 1965). Some examples of reconstruction of these theories are presented and discussed (Peris-Viñé 1990, Quesada 1990, Gonzalo 2001 and Gonzalo & Balzer 2006). Finally, the named reconstructions are compared and some conclusions are extracted. They focus on showing how reconstructive processes are not mere exercises of formalization, but there are strong interpretive mediations operating on them, and also decisions in relation to the selection of metatheoretical components, so as to prove that these aspects have inevitable influences on the reconstructive workReferences
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