Reflections on Language

1975 book by Noam Chomsky

Reflections on Language
First edition
Author	Noam Chomsky
Subject	Social science
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	1975
Pages	269

Reflections on Language is a 1975 book in which MIT linguist Noam Chomsky argues for a rationalist approach to human nature. Under this approach, specific capabilities are innate to humans, as opposed to an empiricist approach in which there is no innate human nature but rather a "blank slate" upon which psychological and social forces act.^[1] The New York Times selected the book as among the year's best.^[2]

References

^ Raiser 1977, p. 188.
^ "1976: A Selection of Noteworthy Titles". The New York Times. December 5, 1976. ISSN 0362-4331.

Bibliography

Raiser, William L. (1977). "Review of Reflections on Language". Contemporary Sociology. 6 (2): 188–189. doi:10.2307/2065793. ISSN 0094-3061. JSTOR 2065793.

Davies, L. P. (1978). "Reflections". ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 35 (2): 207–209. ISSN 0014-164X. JSTOR 42576045.
Hayman, Ronald (July 1976). "Review of Reflections on Language". Encounters. 41: 71–.
Hirsch, David H. (1977). "Deep Metaphors and Shallow Structures". The Sewanee Review. 85 (1): 153–166. ISSN 0037-3052. JSTOR 27543203.
Hong, Kai (1977). "Review of Reflections on Language; Of Grammatology". Theory and Society. 4 (4): 597–599. ISSN 0304-2421. JSTOR 656873.
Marcotte, Edward (May 28, 1976). "Review of Reflections on Language". The Nation. 222: 570–.
McGilvray, James A. (1979). "Review of Reflections on Language". Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 9 (3): 519–544. doi:10.1080/00455091.1979.10716266. ISSN 0045-5091. JSTOR 40231112. S2CID 222617369.
Searle, John (September 10, 1976). "Review of Reflections on Language". Times Literary Supplement: 1118–.
Shaumyan, Sebastian (March 13, 1976). "Review of Reflections on Language". The New Republic. Vol. 174. pp. 34–.
Steinmann, Martin (1978). "Review of Reflections on Language". Leonardo. 11 (2): 157–158. doi:10.2307/1574029. ISSN 0024-094X. JSTOR 1574029.
Sturrock, John (February 15, 1976). "Review of Reflections on Language". The New York Times Book Review: 3.
Williams, Bernard (November 11, 1976). "Where Chomsky Stands". The New York Review of Books. ISSN 0028-7504.

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Linguistics	Syntactic Structures (1957) Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (1964) Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965) Cartesian Linguistics (1966) Language and Mind (1968) The Sound Pattern of English (1968) "Remarks on Nominalization" (1970) "Conditions on Transformations" (1973) Reflections on Language (1975) The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory (1975) Lectures on Government and Binding (1981) Knowledge of Language (1986) The Minimalist Program (1995) New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind (2000)
Politics	"The Responsibility of Intellectuals" (1967) American Power and the New Mandarins (1969) For Reasons of State (1973) Counter-Revolutionary Violence (1973), with Edward S. Herman The Fateful Triangle (1983) Manufacturing Consent (1988), with Edward S. Herman Necessary Illusions (1989) Deterring Democracy (1991) Letters from Lexington (1993) The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many (1993) World Orders Old and New (1994) Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship (1997) Hegemony or Survival (2003) Failed States (2006) Requiem for the American Dream (2017)
Collections	Class Warfare (1996) Middle East Illusions (2003) Imperial Ambitions (2005) Interventions (2007) Gaza in Crisis (2010) 9-11: Was There An Alternative? (2011) Making the Future (2012) Occupy (2012) On Palestine (2015), with Ilan Pappé