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dc.contributor.authorMüller, Stefan
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-10T12:58:18Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016-12-31 23:55:55
dc.date.submitted2018-12-12 10:19:03
dc.date.submitted2020-04-01T14:07:36Z
dc.identifier611693
dc.identifierOCN: 1030820489
dc.identifier2364-6209
dc.identifierhttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32372
dc.identifier.urihttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28417
dc.description.abstract"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. The book is a translation of the German book Grammatiktheorie, which was published by Stauffenburg in 2010. "
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTextbooks in Language Sciences
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguisticsen_US
dc.subject.othergeneralized phrase structure grammar
dc.subject.otherlexical functional grammar
dc.subject.othercategorial grammar
dc.subject.otherhead-​driven phrase structure grammar
dc.subject.otherconstruction grammar
dc.subject.otherformal grammar theories
dc.subject.otherphrase structure grammar
dc.subject.othertransformational grammar/government & binding
dc.subject.othertree adjoining grammar
dc.subject.otherHead-driven phrase structure grammar
dc.subject.otherSemantics
dc.subject.otherSyntax
dc.subject.otherVerb
dc.titleGrammatical theory: From transformational grammar to constraint-based approaches
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_611693
oapen.relation.isPublishedByed03121b-b998-4b50-8d58-1d0745565558
oapen.relation.isbn9783946234296;9783946234401;9783946234302;9783946234418
oapen.pages831
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