Introducing transformational grammar : from principles and parameters to minimalism

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Introducing transformational grammar : from principles and parameters to minimalism

Jamal Ouhalla

Arnold, 1999

2nd ed

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Bibliography: p. [466]-476

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Transformational Grammar (TG) is a theory of grammar developed by this century's most famous linguist, Noam Chomsky, in the 1950's. TG is based on the concept of a universal grammar (UG) which is the set of rules for language that all humans possess thanks to the common genetic features which distinguish them from other organisms and make them ""human."" The idea behind UG is that our capacity for learning languages and the rules that accompany language are ""innate"" rather than learned. Phrase Structure Grammar is a particular type of generative grammar (of which TG is another type). The Minimalist Program is a further development of Chomsky's original TG theory, in which he has tried to replace the extremely complex rules relating to highly developed forms of TG with just a few simple and general principles of sentence structure. The first edition of this book rapidly established itself as one of the clearest and most readable introductions to generative grammar. Together with a complete introduction to the principles of universal grammar, it traced the major shifts of perspective which have influenced the development of the theory over the last forty years. This revised and expanded edition introduces students with no previous training in syntax to transformational grammar. It is also suitable for intermediate and advanced students of syntax. The text covers the framework known as principles and parameters, and the more recent framework known as minimalism. With a wide range of new, additional exercises, the book is ideal for students approaching generative linguistics for the first time.

目次

Language and linguistics theory Part I Phrase structure, lexicon and transformations Phrase structure Lexicon Transformations I: phrasal categories Transformations II: terminal categories Part II Principles and parameters X-bar theory Theta theory Case theory Binding theory and control Movement Theory Part III Language Variation Head-complement order, bounding nodes, and wh-in-situ Null subjects and objects Verb second, VSO and NSO Incorporation phenomena Clitics and Cliticisation I-lowering versus V-raising Part IV Minimalism The Minimalist Programme Copy theory of movement and binding Checking Theory and language variation Base phrase structure and antisymmetry.

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