Abstract:The paper deals with the philosophical assumptions of linguistic theories. It is concerned with three paradigms of linguistic thought (generativist, structuralist, and historical-comparative). Its main thesis is a proposal to treat the psychological approach assumed by generativists as a peculiar dialectical transformation of the psychological assumptions of the historical-comparative linguistics.Tradycja dociekań metodologicznych zobowiązuje do uprzedniego zajęcia ogólnego stanowiska w kwestii przedmiotu bada… Show more
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