Abstract
This paper argues that the use of concepts in IS research which have been borrowed from references disciplines may present difficulties when the concept is only partially imported into our IS research. The paper provides a glimpse into the ongoing debate in one of those IS references disciplines, namely linguistics. The debate between Chomskyan structural linguists and linguists developing the notion of emergent grammars is briefly described. Finally, the paper provides insight as to how that debate may impact our field
Recommended Citation
Truex, Duane and Baskerville, Richard, "The Debate in Structural Linguistics: how it may impact the information systems field" (1997). AMCIS 1997 Proceedings. 268.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis1997/268