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1、Book Review of On Nature and Language【Abstract】ThispaperaimstoreviewthemainideaofthebookOnNatureandLanguagewrittenbyChomskyandgivecomments.Advantages，suchasinnovativeperspectives，influentialcontents，open-mindednessandunderstandablelanguagearefoundout，whiledisadvantagesalsoexist，suchassomeimproperfor
2、mats，incomprehensivecontentsandthelackofempiricalstudysupportfortheories.【Keywords】review;OnNatureandLanguage;Chomsky;minimalistprogram【作者簡介】殷春叶1993-，长安大学外国语学院，硕士研究生，研究方向：二语习得。1.IntroductionNormChomskyisoneofthegreatestlinguistsintheworld.Heisthefounderoftransformational-generativegrammar.SyntacticS
3、tructuresishismasterpiece.Hislinguistictheorieshavegonethroughfivephasesroughly：theFirstLinguisticModel，theStandardTheory，theExtendedStandardTheory，GovernmentandBindingModelandtheMinimalistProgramLiu，2020.OnNatureandLanguagewaswrittenbyChomskyandoriginallypublishedbyCambridgeUniversityPressin2004and
4、commentedasthelandmarkworkinthelinguistictheoreticaldevelopment.ThebookreviewedherewasreprintedbyPekingUniversityPressin2020.ItisaboutChomskyslecturesandinterviewsinUniversityofSienainNovemberin1999.2.BookSummaryInOnNatureandLanguageChomskytalkedabouttherelationbetweenlanguage，mindandbrainandexplain
5、edminimalistprogram.Specifically，chapter1isanintroductionofthekeyconceptsinChomskyslanguageview.Chapter2discussestherelationshipbetweenlanguageandmind.Chapter3stressestherelationshipbetweenlanguagestudyandbrainscience.Thelastchapteristhetranscriptofaninterview.3.Comments3.1AdvantagesThisbookattracts
6、peoplebecauseofitsinnovativeperspectives，contents，open-mindednessandlanguage.Firstly，substantialfindingsfromnaturalscientificstudiesareitsbiggesthighlight.Thebookisinspiringinscientificfindingspositiveeffectsonlinguistics，especiallyresultsfromphysics，chemistry，biologyandcognition.Secondly，thecontent
7、sareorganizedaroundtheChomskysgreatlinguistictheories.TimelinessisabigmeritofthisbookattractinganyoneinterestedinChomskyslinguistictheorydevelopment.Thirdly，Chomskysopen-mindednessandself-denialspiritareexplicitlyexpressedinthebook，whichisveryencouraging.Thebookremindsreaderstoseescientificstudyinth
8、elightofdevelopment.Lastly，thelanguageofthisbookisconciseandeasytounderstand.Inaddition，expressionsintheinterviewinchapter4arenaturalandthequestion-and-answerspatternmakesreadersfeellikejustattendingtheinterview.3.2DisadvantagesHowever，someweakpointsexistintermsofformat，contentsandthelackofempirical
9、studysupport.Firstly，someformatsneedimprovement.Manywordsaredirectquotationswithoutmentioningtheexactsources.Besides，subtitlesinchapter2andchapter3aremissing，soitishardtounderstandthemwithoutthecleartheme.Moreover，thetranscriptionofinterviewisinlooselogicandnotconcise.Secondly，thecontentsofChomskyst
10、heoryarenotcomprehensiveanddetailedenough.Sofar，histheoriesareveryabundantandhavebeenrefinedallthetime，butonlyafewcoreandgeneralconceptsareinterpreted.Lastly，thelackofempiricalstudysupportfortheoryisacommonlyagreedshortcomingforChomskyslanguagestudy.Theminimalistprogramisonlyanobscuremetaphorwithout
11、empiricaldatagainfromrepeatedexperimentsLiu，2020.Themajorlogicalmethodsforitsevolutionareanalogywithverydifferentobjects.ChomskysdeductionsoncertainnatureoflanguagemaybemisleadingShi，2020.4.ConclusionAllinall，inOnNatureandLanguage，Chomskyexplainstherelationshipamonglanguage，mindandbrain，andassociate
12、slinguisticstudieswithsciencerelatedtobrain.Innovativeperspectives，influentialcontents，open-mindednessandgoodlanguageareitsadvantage.Italsohasshortcomings，suchascertainimproperformats，incomprehensivecontentsandthelackofempiricalstudysupport.References：【1】Chomsky，N.OnnatureandlanguageM.Beijing：PekingUniversityPress，2020.【2】劉润清.西方语言学流派M.北京外语教学与研究出版社，2020.【3】石毓智.乔姆斯基语言学的哲学根底及其缺陷兼论语言才能的合成观J.外国语，2020，3：2-13.
