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Grammatical theory From transformational grammar to constraint-based approaches Stefan Müller

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Open textbook libraryDistributor: Minneapolis, MN Open Textbook LibraryPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] Language Science Press [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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  • online resource
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  • P123
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Contents:
1 Introduction and basic terms -- 2 Phrase structure grammar -- 3 Transformational Grammar - Government & Binding -- 4 Transformational Grammar - Minimalism -- 5 Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar -- 6 Feature descriptions -- 7 Lexical Functional Grammar -- 8 Categorical Grammar -- 9 Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar -- 10 Construction Grammar -- 11 Dependency Grammar -- 12 Tree Adjoining Grammar -- 13 The Innateness of linguistic knowledge -- 14 Generative-enumerative vs. model-theoretic approaches -- 15 The competence/performance distinction -- 16 Language acquisition -- 17 Generative capacity and grammar formalisms -- 18 Binary branching, locality, and recursion -- 19 Empty elements -- 20 Extraction, scrambling, and passive: one or several descriptive devices? -- 21 Phrasal vs. lexical analyses -- 22 Structure, potential structure and underspecification -- 23 Universal Grammar and comparative linguistics without UG -- 24 Conclusion
Subject: This book introduces formal grammar theories that play a role in current linguistic theorizing (Phrase Structure Grammar, Transformational Grammar/Government & Binding, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, Head-​Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Construction Grammar, Tree Adjoining Grammar). The key assumptions are explained and it is shown how the respective theory treats arguments and adjuncts, the active/passive alternation, local reorderings, verb placement, and fronting of constituents over long distances. The analyses are explained with German as the object language. The second part of the book compares these approaches with respect to their predictions regarding language acquisition and psycholinguistic plausibility. The nativism hypothesis, which assumes that humans posses genetically determined innate language-specific knowledge, is critically examined and alternative models of language acquisition are discussed. The second part then addresses controversial issues of current theory building such as the question of flat or binary branching structures being more appropriate, the question whether constructions should be treated on the phrasal or the lexical level, and the question whether abstract, non-visible entities should play a role in syntactic analyses. It is shown that the analyses suggested in the respective frameworks are often translatable into each other. The book closes with a chapter showing how properties common to all languages or to certain classes of languages can be captured.
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1 Introduction and basic terms -- 2 Phrase structure grammar -- 3 Transformational Grammar - Government & Binding -- 4 Transformational Grammar - Minimalism -- 5 Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar -- 6 Feature descriptions -- 7 Lexical Functional Grammar -- 8 Categorical Grammar -- 9 Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar -- 10 Construction Grammar -- 11 Dependency Grammar -- 12 Tree Adjoining Grammar -- 13 The Innateness of linguistic knowledge -- 14 Generative-enumerative vs. model-theoretic approaches -- 15 The competence/performance distinction -- 16 Language acquisition -- 17 Generative capacity and grammar formalisms -- 18 Binary branching, locality, and recursion -- 19 Empty elements -- 20 Extraction, scrambling, and passive: one or several descriptive devices? -- 21 Phrasal vs. lexical analyses -- 22 Structure, potential structure and underspecification -- 23 Universal Grammar and comparative linguistics without UG -- 24 Conclusion

This book introduces formal grammar theories that play a role in current linguistic theorizing (Phrase Structure Grammar, Transformational Grammar/Government & Binding, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, Head-​Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Construction Grammar, Tree Adjoining Grammar). The key assumptions are explained and it is shown how the respective theory treats arguments and adjuncts, the active/passive alternation, local reorderings, verb placement, and fronting of constituents over long distances. The analyses are explained with German as the object language. The second part of the book compares these approaches with respect to their predictions regarding language acquisition and psycholinguistic plausibility. The nativism hypothesis, which assumes that humans posses genetically determined innate language-specific knowledge, is critically examined and alternative models of language acquisition are discussed. The second part then addresses controversial issues of current theory building such as the question of flat or binary branching structures being more appropriate, the question whether constructions should be treated on the phrasal or the lexical level, and the question whether abstract, non-visible entities should play a role in syntactic analyses. It is shown that the analyses suggested in the respective frameworks are often translatable into each other. The book closes with a chapter showing how properties common to all languages or to certain classes of languages can be captured.

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