Syntactic structures after 60 years / edited by Norbert Hornstein [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hornstein, Norbert, editor.

Series:

Studies in generative grammar ; volume 129.

Studies in generative grammar ; volume 129

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Generative syntax.

Chomsky, Noam. Syntactic structures.

Chomsky, Noam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume explores the continuing relevance of Syntactic Structures to contemporary research in generative syntax. The contributions examine the ideas that changed the way that syntax is studied and that still have a lasting effect on contemporary work in generative syntax. Topics include formal foundations, the syntax-semantics interface, the autonomy of syntax, methods of data analysis, and detailed discussions of the role of transformations. New commentary from Noam Chomsky is included.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Part I: Syntactic Structures

Preface

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. The independence of grammar

3. An elementary linguistic theory

4. Phrase Structure

5. Limitations of Phrase Structure Descriptions

6. On the Goals of Linguistic Theory

7. Some Transformations in English

8. The Explanatory power of linguistic Theory

9. Syntax and semantics

10. Summary

11. Appendix I: Natations and Terminology

12. Appendix II: Exemples of English Phrase structure and transformational rules

Bibliography

Part II: Syntactic Structures after 60 Years

Acknowledgements

Introduction / Hornstein, Norbert / Lasnik, Howard / Patel-Grosz, Pritty / Yang, Charles

Syntactic Structures. Some retrospective comments / Chomsky, Noam

Syntactic Structures: Formal Foundations / Lasnik, Howard

The Autonomy of Syntax / Adger, David

Revolutionary New Ideas Appear Infrequently / Berwick, Robert C.

Acceptability judgments and grammaticality, prospects and challenges / Sprouse, Jon

The explanatory power of linguistic theory / Lidz, Jeffrey

Kernel sentences, phrase structure grammars, and theta roles / Harley, Heidi

Transformations in the Quest for a Simpler, more Elegant Theory / Saito, Mamoru

Grammatical vs. Lexical Formatives / Ramchand, Gillian

Syntactic Structures and Morphology / Bjorkman, Bronwyn Moore

Constructions / Riemsdijk, Henk C. van

Meanings via Syntactic Structures / Pietroski, Paul M.

Back to the Future: Non-generation, filtration, and the heartbreak of interfacedriven minimalism / Preminger, Omer

English verbs in Syntactic Structures / Aronoff, Mark

Passive / Alexiadou, Artemis / Anagnostopoulou, Elena / Schäfer, Florian

Discovering syntactic variation / Wiltschko, Martina

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5015-0686-2

1-5015-0692-7

OCLC:

1024005617