Two grammatical models of modern English : the old and the new from A to Z
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Two grammatical models of modern English : the old and the new from A to Z
（Germanic linguistics）
Routledge, 1993
Paperback ed
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Bibliography: p. 286-293
Includes index
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Description
This book focuses on two major traditions in the study of modern English grammar: "old grammar" in the great tradition of Sweet, Poutsma, Kruisinga, Curme, Jespersen and Quirk; and "new grammar" in applications to modern English of Chomskyan generative syntax. The purpose of the book is to promote the study of modern English grammar through proper acquaintance with both these two specific approaches, and in general to promote positive evaluations of "pluriformity" in modern English grammar. This book brings together general presentations of the two traditions, and of their mutual relations and perceptions. But it argues against the view that the one approach to grammar may "use" the other. It sees the two approaches as essentially incompatible: "old" grammar proceeds inductively and aims at comprehensive coverage of facts; "new" grammar is deductive and attempts to attain depth in its accounts of pertinent facts. As the case studies show, both approaches make contributions to the study of modern English grammar provided they retain their own distinctive natures.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Older Grammar and Newer Grammar 1. Two Approaches to Modern English Grammar 2. Older Grammar, Open Grammar 3. Newer Grammar, Narrow Grammar. Part II: 1. On Chomsky on Older Grammar 2. On Stockwell et alli on Older Grammar 3. On Emonds on Older Grammar 4. On the Newer Grammar Literature on Older Grammar. Part III: An A-Z - 26 Older and Newer Accounts of Modern English Grammar.
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