Grammar as Science
The text Grammar As Science is being produced at SUNY - Stony Brook as part of the NSF-sponsored Grammar As Science Project. Grammar As Science is part of an effort to orient introductory syntax at Stony Brook toward students from a wide variety of backgrounds, and not simply toward the comparatively small number of students who will go on to become Linguistics majors. The goal is to extract themes of very general intellectual relevance and utility from the subject matter. The general themes of Grammar As Science concern scientific theorizing: principles of scientific theory formation, testing and evaluation; construction of explicit arguments for theories, capturing significant generalizations, postulating hidden structure.
Along with a unique content focus, Grammar As Science adopts a unique presentation style that borrows heavily from Japanese traditions in textbook design. A key element in this style is the use of graphical elements to present information, concepts and the relationships between them. Grammar As Science and its companion text Semantics as Science, are being designed by Kimiko Ryokai, a former undergraduate double major in Linguistics and Psychology Stony Brook University, now at the MIT Media Lab.
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Grammar As Science was developed in the Semantics Lab in the
Department of Linguistics, SUNY - Stony Brook.
Questions and comments to:rlarson@semlab1.sbs.sunysb.edu 5/6/96