The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory

Summary

The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory or LSLT is a major work in linguistics by American linguist Noam Chomsky. It was written in 1955 and published in 1975. In 1955, Chomsky submitted a part of this book as his PhD thesis titled Transformational Analysis, setting out his ideas on transformational grammar; he was awarded a Ph.D. for it, and it was privately distributed among specialists on microfilm. Chomsky offered the manuscript of LSLT for publication, but MIT's Technology Press refused to publish it. It was published by Springer in 1975.

The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory
First edition
AuthorNoam Chomsky
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNatural language syntax
PublisherSpringer US
Publication date
1975 (written 1955)
Media typePrint
Pages592
ISBN9780306307607
Preceded byMorphophonemics of Modern Hebrew 
Followed bySyntactic Structures 

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