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Linguistics Wars

academic dispute in American generative linguistics, stemming from a falling-out between Noam Chomsky and some of his early students and colleagues, which took place mostly in the 1960s and 1970s
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Linguistics Wars

Summary

Linguistics Wars is an academic dispute[1]. It draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (academic_dispute category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Linguistics Wars's instance of is recorded as academic dispute[3].
  • Linguistics Wars's start time is recorded as +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z[4].
  • Linguistics Wars's end time is recorded as +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Linguistics Wars's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w5ws3[6].
  • Linguistics Wars's participant is recorded as Noam Chomsky[7].
  • Linguistics Wars's participant is recorded as Paul Postal[8].
  • Linguistics Wars's participant is recorded as John R. Ross[9].
  • Linguistics Wars's participant is recorded as George Lakoff[10].
  • Linguistics Wars's participant is recorded as James D. McCawley[11].
  • Linguistics Wars's participant is recorded as Ray C. Dougherty[12].
  • Linguistics Wars's participant is recorded as Ray Jackendoff[13].
  • Linguistics Wars's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777133687[14].

Why It Matters

Linguistics Wars draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (academic_dispute category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

George Lakoff Noam Chomsky

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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