Impossible Words: A Reply to Kent Johnson

• Published in: Mind & language Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 353 - 356
• Main Authors: Fodor, Jerry, LePore, Ernie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK; Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd/Inc 01.06.2005; Blackwell
• Subjects: Cognitive Linguistics; Language; Learning; Lexical Semantics; Lexicon; Linguistics; Meaning; Nonsense Words; Philosophical logics. Philosophy of language; Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Verbs; Words; Language philosophy

A response is offered to Kent Johnson's "From Impossible Words to Conceptual Structure: The Role of Structure and Processes in the Lexicon" (Mind and Language, 2004, 19, 3, 334-358), which rebuts Fodor & Lepore's (1999) refutation of impossible-word arguments advanced by Kenn...