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Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783112316009
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Author : Flor Aarts,Jan M. G. Aarts
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : English language
ISBN : UCSC:32106016991280
Author : Howard Lasnik
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262621339
with Marcela Depiante and Arthur Stepanov This book provides an introduction to some classic ideas and analyses of transformational generative grammar, viewed both on their own terms and from a more modern, or minimalist perspective. The major focus is on the set of analyses treating English verbal morphology. The book shows how the analyses in Chomsky's classic Syntactic Structures actually work, filling in underlying assumptions and often unstated formal particulars. From there the book moves to successive theoretical developments and revisions—both in general and in particular as they pertain to inflectional verbal morphology. After comparing Chomsky's economy-based account with his later minimalist approach, the book concludes with a hybrid theory of English verbal morphology that includes elements of both Syntactic Structures and A Minimalist Program for Linguistic Theory. Current Studies in Linguistics No. 33
Author : Jong-Bok Kim,Laura A. Michaelis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108634755
Construction grammar (CxG) is a framework for syntactic analysis that takes constructions - pairings of form and meaning that range from the highly idiomatic to the very general - to be the building blocks of sentence meaning. Offering the first comprehensive introduction to CxG to focus on both English words and the constructions that combine them, this textbook shows students not only what the analyses of particular structures are, but also how and why those analyses are constructed, with each chapter taking the student step-by-step through the reasoning processes that yield the best description of a data set. It offers a wealth of illustrative examples and exercises, largely based on real language data, making it ideal for both self-study and classroom use. Written in an accessible and engaging way, this textbook will open up this increasingly popular linguistic framework to anyone interested in the grammatical patterns of English.
Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Generative grammar
ISBN : 9783110172799
Noam Chomsky's first book on syntactic structures is one of the first serious attempts on the part of a linguist to construct within the tradition of scientific theory-construction a comprehensive theory of language which may be understood in the same sense that a chemical, biological theory is understood by experts in those fields. It is not a mere reorganization of the data into a new kind of library catalogue, nor another specualtive philosophy about the nature of man and language, but rather a rigorus explication of our intuitions about our language in terms of an overt axiom system, the theorems derivable from it, explicit results which may be compared with new data and other intuitions, all based plainly on an overt theory of the internal structure of languages; and it may well provide an opportunity for the application of explicity measures of simplicity to decide preference of one form over another form of grammar.
Author : Flor Aarts,Levens,Jan Aarts
Publisher : Pearson College Division
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0132815028
Author : Robert P. Stockwell,Paul Schachter,Barbara Hall Partee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015002216417
Author : David M. Perlmutter,Scott Soames
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0520038282
[This book] presents the major theoretical developments in generative syntax and the empirical arguments motivating them. Beautifully and lucidly written, it is an invaluable resource for working linguists as well as a pedagogical tool of unequaled depth and breadth. The chief focus of the book is syntactic argumentation. Beginning with the fundamentals of generative syntax, it proceeds by a series of gradually unfolding arguments to analyses of some of the most sophisticated proposals. It includes a wide variety of problems that guide the reader in constructing arguments deciding between alternative analyses of syntactic constructions and alternative theoretical formulations. -- Back cover.
Author : Andrew Radford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997-07-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521589142
This textbook provides a concise, readable introduction to contemporary work in syntactic theory, particularly to key concepts of Chomsky's minimalist programme. Andrew Radford gives a general overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive devices used in 1990s work. The discussion is largely based on data from a range of varieties of English (not only Modern Standard, but also Belfast English, Shakespearean English, Jamaican Creole, etc.) and does not presuppose any prior knowledge of syntax. There are exercises and a substantial glossary. This is an abridged version of Radford's major textbook Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English: A Minimalist Approach, and will be welcomed as a short introduction to current syntactic theory.
Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Fontana Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 000634299X
Author : Norbert Hornstein,Howard Lasnik,Pritty Patel-Grosz,Charles Yang
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501506864
This volume explores the continuing relevance of Syntactic Structures to contemporary research in generative syntax. The contributions examine the ideas that changed the way that syntax is studied and that still have a lasting effect on contemporary work in generative syntax. Topics include formal foundations, the syntax-semantics interface, the autonomy of syntax, methods of data analysis, and detailed discussions of the role of transformations. New commentary from Noam Chomsky is included.
Author : Christina Tortora
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118659748
A straightforward guide to understanding English grammar This book is for people who have never thought about syntax, and who don't know anything about grammar, but who want to learn. Assuming a blank slate on the part of the reader, the book treats English grammar as a product of the speaker's mind, and builds up student skills by exploring phrases and sentences with more and more complexity, as the chapters proceed. This practical guide excites and empowers readers by guiding them step by step through each chapter with intermittent exercises. In order to capitalize on the reader's confidence as a personal authority on English, Understanding Sentence Structure assumes an inclusive definition of English, taking dialect variation and structures common amongst millions of English speakers to be a fact of natural language. Situates grammar as part of what the student already unconsciously knows Presupposes no prior instruction, not even in prescriptive grammar Begins analyzing sentences immediately, with the “big picture” (sentences have structure, structure can be ambiguous) and moves through levels of complexity, tapping into students’ tacit knowledge of sentence structure Includes exercise boxes for in-chapter practicing of skills, side notes that offer further tips/encouragement on topics being discussed, and new terms defined immediately and helpfully in term boxes Applies decades of findings in syntactic theory and cognitive science, with an eye towards making English grammar accessible to school teachers and beginning students alike Understanding Sentence Structure: An Introduction to English Syntax is an ideal book for undergraduates studying modern English grammar and for instructors teaching introductory courses in English grammar, syntax, and sentence structure.
Author : Robert Freidin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108487726
An engaging introduction to English sentence structure, showing how users can apply this knowledge to become better readers and writers.
Author : Dominique Sportiche,Hilda Koopman,Edward Stabler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118470473
An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory offersbeginning students a comprehensive overview of and introduction toour current understanding of the rules and principles that governthe syntax of natural languages. Includes numerous pedagogical features such as‘practice’ boxes and sidebars, designed to facilitateunderstanding of both the ‘hows’ and the‘whys’ of sentence structure Guides readers through syntactic and morphological structuresin a progressive manner Takes the mystery out of one of the most crucial aspects of theworkings of language – the principles and processes behindthe structure of sentences Ideal for students with minimal knowledge of current syntacticresearch, it progresses in theoretical difficulty from basic ideasand theories to more complex and advanced, up to date concepts insyntactic theory
Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1969-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262260506
Chomsky proposes a reformulation of the theory of transformational generative grammar that takes recent developments in the descriptive analysis of particular languages into account. Beginning in the mid-fifties and emanating largely form MIT, an approach was developed to linguistic theory and to the study of the structure of particular languages that diverges in many respects from modern linguistics. Although this approach is connected to the traditional study of languages, it differs enough in its specific conclusions about the structure and in its specific conclusions about the structure of language to warrant a name, "generative grammar." Various deficiencies have been discovered in the first attempts to formulate a theory of transformational generative grammar and in the descriptive analysis of particular languages that motivated these formulations. At the same time, it has become apparent that these formulations can be extended and deepened.The major purpose of this book is to review these developments and to propose a reformulation of the theory of transformational generative grammar that takes them into account. The emphasis in this study is syntax; semantic and phonological aspects of the language structure are discussed only insofar as they bear on syntactic theory.