A number of ideas from later work in generative semantics have been incorporated into [[cognitive linguistics]], [[head-driven phrase structure grammar]] (HPSG), [[construction grammar]], and into mainstream Chomskyan linguistics.<ref>{{cite book|author=Newmeyer, Frederick, J.|title=Linguistic Theory in America (Second Edition)|year=1986|publisher=Academic Press}} See p. 138.</ref>
== History ==
The nature and genesis of the program are a matter of some controversy and have been extensively debated. Generative semanticists took Chomsky's concept of [[Deep structure and surface structure|deep structure]] and ran with it, assuming (contrary to later work by Chomsky and [[Ray Jackendoff]]) that deep structures were the sole input to [[semantics|semantic interpretation]]. This assumption, combined with a tendency to consider a wider range of empirical evidence than Chomskyan linguists, led generative semanticists to develop considerably more abstract and complex theories of deep structure than those advocated by Chomsky and his students—and indeed to abandon altogether the notion of "deep structure" as a locus of lexical insertion.
Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, there were heated debates between generative semanticists and more orthodox Chomskyans. Neither side can be accurately said to have "won" those debates, as positions and theories shifted considerably along with each bit of new data that was examined. By the end of the 1970s, there were few linguists who would call themselves generative semanticists, while Chomsky's program continued to produce able students dedicated to advancing Chomsky's evolving theories.
