Corpora: Chomsky and corpus linguistics

[James L. Fidelholtz]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Amanda Schiffrin wrote:

[snip]

>I've always seen the Generative vs. Corpus Linguistics debate
>as analogous to Top Down vs. Bottom Up approaches (in Computing
>for instance), or Cognitive Modelling vs. Behaviourism (in 
>Psychology).  Surely one is just as valid as the other? 
>(There's nothing like living on the edge, making statements
>like that around here... ;-)

[snip]

Mandy:
	I'll have to ruminate a bit over your other similes, but you
sure as heck won't get any nice words out of me about behaviorism!  I
guess, despite all my general receptiveness to others' ideas, I'm enough
of a dyed-in-the-wool generativist to put my foot down there.

	Jim

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