생성문법의 정상과학적 측면에 대하여

Abstract

This paper researches the status of Generative Grammar, especially in terms of Linguistic Science. For this, this study examines the concept of ‘Normal Science’, and applies this concept to analyze statements of Generative Grammar. Normal science is a concept originated by Thomas Kuhn and elaborated in “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.”. Factors of Linguistic Science based on the concept of ‘Normal Science’ are summarized as follows: grasping the essence of the object of study, appropriateness of puzzlepuzzle solver, widening the range of puzzle solving, correspondence between theory and practice, and falsification. According to these features, Generative Grammar is not a Normal Science, it is caused by these reasons: In Generative Grammar, object of study is not a linguistic corpus but mind/brain of human, and this grammar has a feature of Deductive Science and Inductive Science at the same time, and it is operated base on the ‘axiomtheorem’ system.