Functional Syntax And Universal Grammar

Author : William A. Foley,Robert D. Van Valin, Jr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1984-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521269040

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Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar by William A. Foley,Robert D. Van Valin, Jr Pdf

The key argument of this book, originally published in 1984, is that when human beings communicate with each other by means of a natural language they typically do not do so in simple sentences but rather in connected discourse - complex expressions made up of a number of clauses linked together in various ways. A necessary precondition for intelligible discourse is the speaker's ability to signal the temporal relations between the events that are being discussed and to refer to the participants in those events in such a way that it is clear who is being talked about. A great deal of the grammatical machinery in a language is devoted to this task, and Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar explores how different grammatical systems accomplish it. This book is an important attempt to integrate the study of linguistic form with the study of language use and meaning. It will be of particular interest to field linguists and those concerned with typology and language universals, and also to anthropologists involved in the study of language function.

Author : William A. Foley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Funcionalismo (Linguistica)
ISBN : OCLC:1310740973

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Functional syntax and universal grammar by William A. Foley Pdf

Author : Joan Bresnan,Ash Asudeh,Ida Toivonen,Stephen Wechsler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119099215

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Lexical-Functional Syntax by Joan Bresnan,Ash Asudeh,Ida Toivonen,Stephen Wechsler Pdf

Lexical-Functional Syntax, 2nd Edition, the definitive text for Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) with a focus on syntax, is updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Provides both an introduction to LFG and a synthesis of major theoretical developments in lexical-functional syntax over the past few decades Includes in-depth discussions of a large number of syntactic phenomena from typologically diverse languages Features extensive problem sets and solutions in each chapter to aid in self-study Incorporates reader feedback from the 1st Edition to correct errors and enhance clarity

Author : Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027277510

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Advances in Role and Reference Grammar by Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. Pdf

This volume presents research on major issues in syntactic theory within Role and Reference Grammar. This theory was first presented in detail in Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar [FSUG], and these papers represent both expansions and applications of the theory to a wide range of phenomena. The first section contains an introduction to the theory which is the most thorough statement of it since FSUG, summarizing the features of Role and Reference Grammar established there and developing new theoretical components and analyses of syntactic phenomena not discussed in the earlier work. Throughout the discussion features of RRG are compared and contrasted with comparable features of other syntactic theories. The remainder of the volume is devoted to detailed analyses of specific problems, e.g. control, case marking, in a wide variety of languages, e.g. Mandarin Chinese, Nootka, Mparntwe Arrernte and Turkish. Thus the works presented here illustrate well the strong cross-linguistic approach to syntactic theory and description in Role and Reference Grammar.

Author : Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027282422

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The Rise of Functional Categories by Elly van Gelderen Pdf

In recent years, word order has come to be seen, within a Government Binding/Minimalist framework, as determined by functional as well as lexical categories. Within this framework, functional categories are often seen as present in every language without evidence being available in that language. This book contains arguments that even though Universal Grammar makes functional categories available, the language learner must decide whether or not to incorporate them in his or her grammar. For instance, it is shown that English has one (not two as often assumed) functional category between the complementizer and the Negation, but that languages such as Dutch, Swedish, German and Old and Middle English have none. The title of the book can be seen in terms of the direction current research is taking; it can also be seen in terms of the changes that have taken place in English.

Author : Norbert Hornstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521449700

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A Theory of Syntax by Norbert Hornstein Pdf

Discusses a topical set of issues in syntactic theory, including a number of original proposals at the cutting edge of research in this area. The book provides a theory of the basic grammatical operations and suggests that there is only one that is distinctive to language.

Author : Robert D. Van Valin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902723602X

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Advances in Role and Reference Grammar by Robert D. Van Valin Pdf

This volume presents research on major issues in syntactic theory within Role and Reference Grammar. This theory was first presented in detail in Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar [FSUG], and these papers represent both expansions and applications of the theory to a wide range of phenomena. The first section contains an introduction to the theory which is the most thorough statement of it since FSUG, summarizing the features of Role and Reference Grammar established there and developing new theoretical components and analyses of syntactic phenomena not discussed in the earlier work. Throughout the discussion features of RRG are compared and contrasted with comparable features of other syntactic theories. The remainder of the volume is devoted to detailed analyses of specific problems, e.g. control, case marking, in a wide variety of languages, e.g. Mandarin Chinese, Nootka, Mparntwe Arrernte and Turkish. Thus the works presented here illustrate well the strong cross-linguistic approach to syntactic theory and description in Role and Reference Grammar.

Author : Ian Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198804635

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Parameter Hierarchies and Universal Grammar by Ian Roberts Pdf

This book develops a minimalist approach to cross-linguistic morphosyntactic variation. Ian Roberts argues that the essential insight of the principles-and-parameters approach to variation can be maintained - albeit in a somewhat different guise - in the context of the minimalist program for linguistic theory. The central idea is to organize the parameters of Universal Grammar (UG) into hierarchies that define the ways in which properties of individually variant categories and features may act in concert. A further leading idea, which is consistent with the overall goal of the minimalist programme to reduce the content of UG, is that the parameter hierarchies are not directly determined by UG, and are instead emergent properties stemming from the interaction of the three factors in language design. Cross-linguistic variation in word order, null subjects, incorporation, verb-movement, case/alignment, wh-movement, and negation are all analyzed in the light of this approach. This book represents a significant new contribution to the formal study of cross-linguistic morphosyntactic variation on both the empirical and theoretical levels, and will appeal to researchers and students in all areas of theoretical linguistics and comparative syntax.

Author : Vivian Cook,Mark Newson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996-04-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0631195564

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Chomsky's Universal Grammar by Vivian Cook,Mark Newson Pdf

Chomsky's Universal Grammar introduces both the general concepts of the theory, particularly its goals of describing the knowledge of language and of accounting for how it is acquired, and the main areas of syntax such as X-bar theory, movement and government.

Author : Marcel den Dikken,Christina Tortora
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027294333

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The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories by Marcel den Dikken,Christina Tortora Pdf

This volume brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the syntax of function words and functional categories in the Germanic languages. The works offered in this volume derive specifically from comparative studies of Germanic; at the same time they all bear directly on long-standing problems in syntactic theory and universal grammar. The contributions include novel theoretical and empirical approaches to infinitives, the syntax and acquisition of Verb Second, the structure and interpretation of present tense, the syntax and semantics of reflexives, the relationship between expletive syntax and the EPP, the syntax of possession, and the DP-internal syntax of pronouns. Some contributions present the results of experimental research which provide an entirely fresh perspective on previously unchallenged claims.

Author : Ian G. Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199573776

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The Oxford Handbook of Universal Grammar by Ian G. Roberts Pdf

''This handbook provides a critical guide to the most central proposition in modern linguistics: the notion, generally known as universal grammar, that a universal set of structural principles underlies the grammatical diversity of the world's languages. It will be a vital reference for linguists, philosophers, and cognitive scientists.''--

Author : Yafei Li
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108840439

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Universal Grammar and Iconicity by Yafei Li Pdf

Explores the relationship between two widely discussed topics in linguistics - universal grammar and iconicity.

Author : J. Meisel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401128032

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The Acquisition of Verb Placement by J. Meisel Pdf

other aspects of developing grammars. And this is, indeed, what the contributions to this volume do. Parameterization of functional categories may, however, be understood in different ways, even if one shares the dual assumptions that substantive elements (verbs, nouns, etc. ) are present in all grammars and that X-bar principles are part of the grammatical knowledge available to the child prior to language-specific learning processes. From these assumptions it follows that the child should, from early on, be able to construct projections on the basis of these elements. The role of functional categories, however, may still be interpreted differently. One possibility, first suggested by Radford (1986, 1990) and by Guilfoyle and Noonan (1988), is that children must discover which functional categories (FC) need to be implemented in the grammar of the language they are acquiring. Another possibility, first explored by Hyams (1986), is that a specific category is present in developing grammars but that parameter values are set in a way deviating from the target adult grammar, corresponding, however, to options realized in other adult systems. A third option would be that these categories might be specified differently in developing as opposed to mature grammars. All three are explored in the papers collected in this volume. Before outlining the various hypotheses in more detail, however, I would like briefly to sketch the grammatical context in which the following debate is situated. 2.

Author : Artemis Alexiadou,T. Alan Hall
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027227348

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Studies on Universal Grammar and Typological Variation by Artemis Alexiadou,T. Alan Hall Pdf

The articles of the present volume consist of generative analyses dealing with several current topics of discussion and debate in syntactic theory, such as clitics, word order, scrambling, directionality, movement. The data in the volume are drawn from a number of typologically diverse languages (e.g. Arabic, Berber, Dutch, Gaelic, Greek, Malagasy).

Author : Robert D. Van Valin (Jr.),Randy J. LaPolla
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997-12-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521499151

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Syntax by Robert D. Van Valin (Jr.),Randy J. LaPolla Pdf

An introduction to syntactic theory and analysis.