Arc pair grammar / David E. Johnson, Paul M. Postal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, David E., 1946- author.

Postal, Paul Martin, 1936- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 643

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arc pair grammar is a new, extensively formalized, theory of the grammatical structure of natural languages. As an outgrowth of relational grammar, it constitutes a theoretical alternative to the long-dominant generative transformational approach to linguistics. In this work, David Johnson and Paul Postal offer the first comprehensive presentation of this theoretical framework, which provides entirely new notions of all the basic concepts of grammatical theory: sentence, language, rule, and grammar.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Graph-Theoretic Aspects of APG

Chapter 3. Arc Pair Relations

Chapter 4. Pair Networks

Chapter 5. Basic Sponsor and Erase Laws

Chapter 6. Coordinate Determination

Chapter 7. Focus on Clause Structure

Chapter 8. Cho Arcs

Chapter 9. Further Principles Governing the Distribution of Cho Arcs

Chapter 10. Ghost Arcs and Dummy Nominals

Chapter 11. Replacers and Anaphora

Chapter 12. Linear Precedence

Chapter 13. Grafts, Pioneers, and Closures

Chapter 14. APG Rules and Grammars

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-691-64299-0

1-4008-5555-1

0-691-61558-6

OCLC:

889247750