Grammars and grammaticality / Michael B. Kac.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kac, Michael B.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 78.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 78

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammaticality (Linguistics).

Generative grammar.

English language--Verb.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the outset, the goal of generative grammar was the explication of an intuitive concept grammaticality (Chomsky 1957:13). But psychological goals have become primary, referred to as "linguistic competence", "language faculty", or, more recently, "I-language". Kac argues for the validity of the earlier goal of grammaticality and for a specific view of the relationship between the abstract, nonpsychological study of grammar and the investigation of the language faculty. The method of the book involves a formalization of traditional grammar, with emphasis on etiological analysis, that is, provi

Contents:

pt. 1. The content of syntactic theory

pt. 2. A theory of syntax and its applications.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-252] and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31326-X

9786613313263

90-272-7752-4

OCLC:

759101351