This revisionist and highly controversial book argues that Chomsky's triumph in interpretative semantics was a result of the opposing side's failure to establish an institutional base. This is a radical re-appraisal of Chomsky's paradigm.

Geoffrey J. Huck, John A. Goldsmith

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Gaps in the Paradigm; Chapter 3 Rhetorical Strategies and Linguistic Argumentation; Chapter 4 What Happened to Generative Semantics?; Chapter 5 Conclusion;