Generative grammar : theory and its history / Robert Freidin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freidin, Robert.

Series:

Routledge leading linguists ; 12.

Routledge leading linguists ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

vi, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routlege, 2007.

Summary:

Generative Grammar presents a substantial contribution to the field of linguistics in drawing together for the first time the author's most significant work on the theory of generative grammar. The essays collected here display Freidin's role in moving the theory forward in terms of new proposals, and analyse the efforts to understand the evolution and history of the theory by careful investigation of how and why it has changed over the years.

Contents:

Part I Theory 17

A Movement 19

2 Cyclicity and the theory of grammar 21

3 Superiority, Subjacency, and Economy 51

4 Cyclicity and minimalism 74

B Case 99

5 Core grammar, Case theory, and markedness / H. Lasnik 101

6 Lexical Case phenomena / Rex Sprouse 113

7 The subject of defective T(ense) in Slavic / James E. Lavine 134

C Binding 161

8 Disjoint reference and wh-trace / H. Lasnik 163

9 On the fine structure of the binding theory: Principle A and reciprocals / Wayne Harbert 178

10 Fundamental issues in the theory of binding 186

11 Binding theory on minimalist assumptions 217

Part II History 227

12 The analysis of Passives 229

13 Review of Ideology and Linguistic Theory: Noam Chomsky and the deep structure debates / Geoffrey J. Huck, John A. Goldsmith 254

14 Linguistic theory and language acquisition: a note on structure-dependence 262

15 Conceptual shifts in the science of grammar: 1951-92 266

16 Review of The Minimalist Program / Noam Chomsky 299

17 Exquisite connections: some remarks on the evolution of linguistic theory / Jean-Roger Vergnaud 313

18 Syntactic Structures Redux 340.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-379) and indexes.

ISBN:

0415331811

9780415331814

0203643569

9780203643563

OCLC:

70408062