Heads in Grammatical Theory
Title | Heads in Grammatical Theory PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 354 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0521420709 |
Grammatical theory
Title | Grammatical theory PDF eBook |
Author | Stefan Müller |
Publisher | Language Science Press |
Pages | 879 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3961102732 |
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.
Heads in Grammatical Theory
Title | Heads in Grammatical Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Greville G. Corbett |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1993-06-24 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521402453 |
A study of the idea of the 'head' or dominating element of a phrase.
Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
Title | Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar PDF eBook |
Author | Stefan Müller |
Publisher | Language Science Press |
Pages | 1632 |
Release | |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3961102554 |
Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) is a constraint-based or declarative approach to linguistic knowledge, which analyses all descriptive levels (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics) with feature value pairs, structure sharing, and relational constraints. In syntax it assumes that expressions have a single relatively simple constituent structure. This volume provides a state-of-the-art introduction to the framework. Various chapters discuss basic assumptions and formal foundations, describe the evolution of the framework, and go into the details of the main syntactic phenomena. Further chapters are devoted to non-syntactic levels of description. The book also considers related fields and research areas (gesture, sign languages, computational linguistics) and includes chapters comparing HPSG with other frameworks (Lexical Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, Construction Grammar, Dependency Grammar, and Minimalism).
Grammatical theory
Title | Grammatical theory PDF eBook |
Author | Stefan Müller |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 882 |
Release | 2020-09-28 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3961102740 |
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. This book is a new edition of http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/25, http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/195 and http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/255.
Grammatical Theory in the United States
Title | Grammatical Theory in the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Hugoe Matthews |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1993-09-30 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521458474 |
This is a history of modern linguistics which focuses on the spread and dominance of linguistic theory originating in North America. It concentrates on the theories and influence of Bloomfield and Chomsky, and offers systematic coverage of their enormous contributions to grammatical theory over their lifespan. As well as tracing the intellectual histories of these great figures, and of others in the field, Professor Matthews follows the development and continuity of three dominant grammatical ideas in linguistics. First, the idea that the study of formal relations can and should be separated from that of meaning. Second, that sentences are composed of linear configurations of morphemes. Third, that many aspects of grammar are defined generically. His biographical and theoretical survey will be invaluable to all linguists wishing to trace the origins of their discipline.
Categorial Features
Title | Categorial Features PDF eBook |
Author | Phoevos Panagiotidis |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1107038111 |
Proposes a novel theory of parts of speech, bringing together the latest research and discoveries.