psychological reality of LFG

[Ben Rose]

Hello. I'm working on a senior thesis discussing the psychological reality of linguistic theories/
frameworks like LFG and transformational grammar. Can anyone point me to some good
discussions of this topic specifically with regard to LFG? I have "The Mental Representation of
Grammatical Relations," but have been able to find very little else.

In particular I am interested in finding complaints that have been lodged against LFG, especially if
those complaints deal with the psychological component of language. I have some good reasons
for supporting LFG, but would like to find out where its perceived weak spots are so I can present
a well-rounded argument. My limited experience has been that anyone not specifically involved in
LFG research pretty much just ignores it. Is that true (i.e., is it merely a social thing), or are there
real complaints out there that steer people away from LFG? I suspect one reason I'm having a hard
time finding negative arguments is that at least some of this type of arguing goes on in little bits
and pieces spread throughout various journal articles, instead of in works dedicated to that
purpose.

Thanks in advance. If you are interested, you are welcome to e-mail me personally with
comments. daeruin at benjaminrose.com

--Ben Rose