Contents
Introduction
Part I: Both Sides, Now
Chapter 1: Breaking us in two • 3
Cracks in the canvas
A(n) historical overview: dividing the soul of psycholinguistic theory
Chapter 2: Marr’s Vision I • 17
No representation without process, no process without
representation
From Chomsky to Marr
The Joyes of Arithmetick
Interim summary
Chapter 3: Marr’s Vision II • 34
Levels of explanation: Chomsky
Levels of explanation: Marr
And back to Chomsky
Part II: Six Different Ways
Introduction to Part II
Chapter 4 (Case #1): ‘Starry, Starry Night’ • 51
Chapter 5 (Case # 2): ‘There’s a word for it’ • 56
Chapter 6 (Case # 3): ‘Running up that hill’ • 65
Chapter 7 (Case # 4): ‘Me, Myself, I’ • 73
Chapter 8 (Case # 5): ‘Be my number two’ • 83
Chapter 9 (Case # 6): ‘Cwucial questions’ • 109
Conclusion to Part II
Part III: Say it ain’t so, Joe
Introduction: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Chapter 10: A is for Abstraction (and Ambiguity) • 122
Chapter 11: B is for Arbitrariness • 138
Chapter 12: C is for Competence~Performance, and Proficiency • 143
Chapter 13: F is for Functions of Language • 154
Chapter 14: G is for Grammar • 160
Chapter 15: H is for Homogeneity • 172
Chapter 16: I is for Internalism • 193
Chapter 17: J is for Judgment • 223
Chapter 18: N is for (Chomskyan) Nativism • 238
Chapter 19: O is for Object of Study • 243
Chapter 20: P is for Poverty of the Stimulus • 255
Chapter 21: R is for (Exophoric) Reference • 256
Chapter 22: T is for Sentence • 262
Chapter 23: V is for von Humboldt (Discrete Infinity) • 270
Chapter 24: Ω is for Love • 304
A-Ω Summary: ‘The last thing…’
Part IV: A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter 25: ‘I ain’t bovvered’: Lauren’s French • 319
Chapter 26: ‘Who did say that?’: Adrian’s English • 325
Conclusion: A Tale of Two Cities (London and Kobe)
Epilogue • 333
Acknowledgments, credits and permissions • 337
References • 347
References • 347
Index • 377