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Record Nr.

UNINA9910840526203321

Titolo

Non-transformational syntax [[electronic resource] ] : formal and explicit models of grammar / / edited by Robert D. Borsley and Kersti Börjars

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-85852-5

1-4443-9501-7

1-4443-9503-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.)

Classificazione

LAN009060

Altri autori (Persone)

BörjarsKersti

BorsleyRobert D

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Non-Transformational Syntax: Formal and Explicit Models of Grammar; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 Elementary Principles of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar; 2 Advanced Topics in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar; 3 Lexical-Functional Grammar: Interactions between Morphology and Syntax; 4 Lexical-Functional Grammar: Functional Structure; 5 Combinatory Categorial Grammar; 6 Multi-Modal Type-Logical Grammar; 7 Alternative Minimalist Visions of Language; 8 Feature-Based Grammar; 9 Lexicalism, Periphrasis, and Implicative Morphology

10 Performance-Compatible Competence Grammar11 Modeling Grammar Growth: Universal Grammar without Innate Principles or Parameters; 12 Language Acquisition with Feature-Based Grammars; Index of Subjects; Index of Languages

Sommario/riassunto

This authoritative introduction explores the four main non-transformational syntactic frameworks: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, and Simpler Syntax. It also considers a range of issues that arise in connection with these approaches, including questions about



processing and acquisition.An authoritative introduction to the main alternatives to transformational grammarIncludes introductions to three long-established non-transformational syntactic frameworks: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Gr