Chomskyan Revolution in Bulgarian Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Environment

The term Chomskyan revolution, referring to the innovative current in modern American linguistics and Noam Chomsky as it’s leading figure, permeated the metaphorical imagery of the popular linguistic and socio-cultural spheres in the USA. This term actually surpassed specialized linguistic circles,...

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Published in:	Slavia Meridionalis 2018-01, Vol.18 (18), p.1-17
Main Author:	Venkova, Tzvetomira
Format:	Article
Language:	eng ; bul
Subjects:	Applied Linguistics Bulgarian Bulgarian transformational-generative syntax Chomskyan revolution cross-cultural reception of Chomskyan linguistic theories Imagery Lexis Linguistics Metaphor Reported speech Self concept Sociocultural factors South Slavic Languages Syntax trasnformational-generative grammar
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Summary:	The term Chomskyan revolution, referring to the innovative current in modern American linguistics and Noam Chomsky as it’s leading figure, permeated the metaphorical imagery of the popular linguistic and socio-cultural spheres in the USA. This term actually surpassed specialized linguistic circles, where it designated Chomsky’s transformational-generative grammar model and normally appeared in quotation marks. However, although Chomskyan revolution came to occupy a central position in the American network of unquestioned cultural mythologemes, its Bulgarian reception was different. The overall impression in Bulgarian linguistic and socio-cultural circles regarding the revolutionary leap has been rather skeptical and reserved, although the Chomskyan grammar model itself has been introduced into research practice. Such a difference in attitudes towards the status of transformational-generative grammar in the source and a target country is discussed here in terms of motivations and basic positions.
ISSN:	1233-6173 2392-2400