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| Love, Nigel | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLove, Nigel – Language and Communication, 1992
Advocates the application of Popper's ideas (1963, 1972) about the nature of science and objectivist epistemology to generativist linguistics, discussing the subsequent effects on five key metatheoretical positions: fallibilism; realism; objectivism; autonomism; and interactionism. (12 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Epistemology, Generative Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
