Francis Y. Lin Explained

Francis Y. Lin

Alma Mater:	University of Oxford (PhD), University of Essex (PhD)
Thesis Title:	Grammar, meaning and understanding : an inquiry into grammatical and semantic competence
Thesis Url:	https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251470
Thesis Year:	2002
Discipline:	linguistics, computer science
Sub Discipline:	philosophy of linguistics, syntax, philosophy of language, Wittgenstein
Workplaces:	Beijing International Studies University Beihang University (2010-2016) Beijing Normal University (2004-2010) Goldsmiths, University of London (2000-2004)

Francis Yunqing Lin is a Chinese linguist and professor at Beijing International Studies University. He is known for his critique of generative grammar.

Critique of universal grammar

In an article, published in Lingua, Lin tries to provide a refutation of universal grammar based on methodological grounds. He points out that the very method for discovering the grammar makes it impossible to discover any innate linguistic universals. John J. Kim (from San Francisco State University) and Tong Wu (from Central China Normal University) has replied to Lin's views.^[1] ^[2] Lin has published a reply to Kim's arguments.^[3]

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What is really wrong with universal grammar

Notes and References

Kim . John J. . A refutation of a refutation of universal grammar . Lingua . July 2018 . 210-211 . 122–124 . 10.1016/j.lingua.2018.04.005 . 171752733 . en . 0024-3841.
Wu . Tong . A refutation of "a refutation of universal grammar"(Lin, f. 2017. Lingua 193. 1–22.) . Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics . 2020-03-01 . 56 . 1 . 169–205 . 10.1515/psicl-2020-0005. 212726356 .
Lin . Francis Y. . Methodological confusions in universal grammar: Reply to Kim . Lingua . April 2019 . 222 . 74–79 . 10.1016/j.lingua.2019.02.008 . 171658577 . en . 0024-3841.