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Grammatical theory : from transformational grammar to constraint-based approaches / / Stefan Müller



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Autore: Müller Stefan <1968-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Grammatical theory : from transformational grammar to constraint-based approaches / / Stefan Müller Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berlin : , : Language Science Press, , 2016
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (2 volumes in 1 [xx, [808] pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 415.01
Soggetto topico: Generative grammar
Government (Grammar)
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
Linguistics
Computational linguistics
Language acquisition
Language and languages - Study and teaching
Germanic languages - Syntax
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Sommario/riassunto: 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. The book is a translation of the German book Grammatiktheorie, which was published by Stauffenburg in 2010.
Titolo autorizzato: Grammatical theory  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-946234-40-2
3-946234-29-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910765730203321
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Serie: Textbooks in language sciences ; ; 1.