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Non-Transformational Syntax
Formal and Explicit Models of Grammar
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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 grammar
- Includes introductions to three long-established non-transformational syntactic frameworks: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Grammar, and Categorial Grammar, along with the recently developed Simpler Syntax
- Brings together linguists who have developed and shaped these theories to illustrate the central properties of these frameworks and how they handle some of the main phenomena of syntax
- Discusses a range of issues that arise in connection with non-transformational approaches, including processing and acquisition
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- 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 Grammar
- 11 Modeling Grammar Growth: Universal Grammar without Innate Principles or Parameters
- 12 Language Acquisition with Feature-Based Grammars
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Languages