29.1925, Books: Grammatical theory: Müller

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Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 13:47:30
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Grammatical theory: Müller

 


Title: Grammatical theory 
Subtitle: From transformational grammar to constraint-based approaches. Second
revised and extended edition. 
Series Title: Textbooks in Language Sciences  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/195 


Author: Stefan Müller

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961100743 Pages: 861 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

Editor’s Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced book.

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.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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