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James D. McCawley was an American linguist noted for generative semantics and the 1968 work on English syntax that challenged standard Chomskyan theory.
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James D. McCawley ranks #115 of 201 in the Linguist ranking, behind Edwin Williams, ahead of Walt Wolfram.
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James D. McCawley scores 8.18/10 (Great) on Lunoo, making it a well-rated option in the Linguist category. Creative generative semanticist and syntactician; admired for breadth, though his framework lost central status.
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