《乔姆斯基的最简方案》(英文版)是当代著名语言学家 Chomsky 具有划时代意义的重要著作。作者通过对以往语言理论研究的检讨式探索，逐步修正此前提出的生成语法理论；以解释语言的简洁、经济、对称等作为研究的兴趣点，力求阐释他坚信的语言“完美体系”；同时从生物语言学角度对内在语言的属性进行研究，强调运算的经济性。 当代国外语言学与应用语言学文库

《乔姆斯基》内容简介: “知识分子的传统是卑躬屈膝事权贵的传统，不背叛它，我会为自己的行为感到羞耻。”乔姆斯基的宣言，印证了长期塑造他生活与工作的、毫不妥协的激进思想。作为语言学家、哲学家、高产作者和政治活动家，乔姆斯基是近五十年来最具影响力的思想家之一。

在《论自然与语言》一书中，乔姆斯基详细论述了他对语言、心智和脑三者之间关系的思考，将当前的语言学研究和新兴的脑科学融合在一起。该书开篇是编者亚德里安娜·贝勒提和路吉·瑞兹所作的浅显易懂的介绍。接着是乔姆斯基撰写的有关上述主题的一些文章，在一次深入的访谈中，乔姆斯基对近来的理论作了最为清晰和雅致的介绍。这使得他的最简方案能为所有人理解。本书最后一章阐述知识分子在社会和政府的作用。《论自然和语言》是语言学发展历史上的重要里程碑。该书应为理论语言学、神经语言学、认知科学、政治学以及对乔姆斯思想发展感兴趣的所有学者和研究者所欢迎。

本文集所译介的几部著作分别成书于不同时期，均为乔姆斯基政治评论的代表作，基本上涵盖了作者政治理论的核心体系，探讨了美国自越南战争、海湾战争、“9·11”事件以来的对外政策走向，尤其是对于一向自我标榜为“价值中立”的美国媒体和舆论界进行了强有力的批判，并进而对当今世界的最大热点问题之一——恐怖主义——的现状和成因进行了深刻的分析，有助于国内学人及广大读者更深入地了解西方尤其是美国的政治、外交、军事政策。

本书的价值主要体现在两个方面，首先，它详尽阐述了生成语法”原则与参数模型“的语言观，其次，它对“管辖与约束理论”的分析系统进行卫些调整与修改，对所阐述的模型进了发展与改进，因此，《语言知识》是乔姆斯最具代表的性的语言学著作之一。 本书阐述的重点是柏拉图问题和管辖与约事理论框回，讨论的内容知识的构成与习得问题；另外还有一章勾勒出他对奥威尔问题的基本看法，举的例子是美国社会实际存在的思想操纵现象。

Cook and Newson have written an extremely clear and highly comprehensible introduction to current syntactic theory. This text makes accessible many subtleties of linguistic argumentation, and explains in plain Eenglish the reasoning involved. The second edition greatly improves on the first edition, both in depth and scope, with much new material added and many confusing points clarified. The chapter on the “Minimalist Programme” is the most lucid explication of Chomsky's reccnt writings that I am aware of,Steven Franks, Indiana University . Chomsky's Universal Crammar introduces both the general concepts of the theory particularly its goals of describing the knowledge of language and of accounting for how it is acquired, and the main areas of syntax such as X-bar theory, movement and government. Like the first edition, it puts the technicalities of the theory in the context of its wider ideas in a manner that makes them accessible to the student. The new edition is based on the current model of syntax that is most widely accepted, incorporating Barriers syntax, functional categories, and Relativized Minimality, and their implications for language acquisition. Further, it provides a sketch of the model in the process of development, the Minimalist Programme, with its attempt to reduce the theory to the minimal essentials.

Two of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers debate a perennial question. In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War and at a time of great political and social instability, two of the world's leading intellectuals, Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault, were invited by Dutch philosopher Fons Edlers to debate an age-old question: is there such a thing as "innate" human nature independent of our experiences and external influences? The resulting dialogue is one of the most original, provocative, and spontaneous exchanges to have occurred between contemporary philosophers, and above all serves as a concise introduction to their basic theories. What begins as a philosophical argument rooted in linguistics (Chomsky) and the theory of knowledge (Foucault), soon evolves into a broader discussion encompassing a wide range of topics, from science, history, and behaviorism to creativity, freedom, and the struggle for justice in the realm of politics. In addition to the debate itself, this volume features a newly written introduction by noted Foucault scholar John Rajchman and includes additional text by Noam Chomsky.

Noam Chomsky is one of the leading intellectual figures of modern times.He has had a major influence on linguistics,psychology and philosophy,and a significant effect on a range of other disciplines from anthropology to mathematics,education to literary criticism. In this rigorous yet accessible account of Chomsky s work and influence,Neil Smith analyses Chomsky s key contributions to the study of language and the study of mind.He gives a detailed and partly historical exposition of Chomsky s linguistic theorizing,and examines the ideas for which he is best known.Smith discusses the psychological and philosophical implications of Chomsky s work,and argues that he has fundamentally changed the way we think of ourselves,gaining a position in the history of ideas on a par with that of Darwin of Descartes.Finally,he examines Chomsky s political ideas and how these fit intellectually with his scholarly work.Smith argues that,despite Chomsky s own disavowal of any very close connection,there are fundamental ideas of rationality,creativity and modularity that draw together the disparate strands of his vast output.Throughout,Smith explores the coutroversy surrounding Chomsky s work,and explains why he has been both adulated and vilified. This much needed book will be welcomedby a wide range of readers:students and researchers in linguistics,philosophy,psychology,cognitive science and politics,and anyone with an interest in the impact of Chomsky s work.

诺姆·乔姆斯基任教于美国麻省理工学院(MIT)的语言学和哲学系，是该校为数不多的学院教授之一。他是世界著名的语言学家、哲学家、政治活动家和评论家。自上个世纪50年代以来，乔姆斯基以其诸多论著而成为当代语言学、政治、认知心理学和哲学领域中的核心人物。本书是乔姆斯基的语言学文集，书中这些论著全面阐述了乔姆斯基语言哲学思想的本质和内容。希望这本选集有助于增进学界对乔姆斯基语言哲学的进一步了解，并为一般读者深入阅读乔姆斯基的作品提供方便。