''The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory'' or ''LSLT'' is a major work in

linguistics Linguistics is the science, scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure ...

by American linguist

Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky i ...

. It was written in 1955 and published in 1975. In 1955, Chomsky submitted a part of this book as his PhD thesis titled ''Transformational Analysis'', setting out his ideas on

transformational grammar In linguistics, transformational grammar (TG) or transformational-generative grammar (TGG) is part of the theory of generative grammar, especially of natural languages. It considers grammar to be a system of rules that generate exactly those combi ...

; he was awarded a Ph.D. for it, and it was privately distributed among specialists on microfilm. Chomsky offered the manuscript of ''LSLT'' for publication, but MIT's Technology Press refused to publish it. It was published by Springer in 1975.

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