乔姆斯基对心理语言学的贡献

Chomsky's Contribution to Psycholinguistics

乔姆斯基是一位著名的语言学家。他的转换生成理论广为人知。然而 ,比较鲜为人知的是他对心理语言学的贡献。他的转换语法理论塑造了实验心理语言学头十年的研究 ;他的普遍语法理论丰富了语言习得理论 ,至今仍有大批追随者。乔姆斯基对心理语言学的贡献不仅在于他的语言学理论 ,还在于他对语言心理学早期研究的批判 ,以及他关于语言学和心理学的关系的理论。没有乔姆斯基 ,就没有心理语言学今天的繁荣发展。

Chomsky is a world famous linguist. His transformational generative grammar theory is well known all over the world. What is less well known, however, is his contribution to psycholinguistics: His transformational generative grammar theory shaped studies in experimental psycholinguistics of the first ten years; his universal grammar theory enriched language acquisition theories and even today has a lot of followers. His contribution to psycholinguistics lies not only in his linguistic theory, but also in his critique of earlier research in the psychology of language and in his ideas about the relationships between linguistics and psychology. Without Chomsky, psycholinguistics would not be so prosperous.