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1 online resource (251 pages) |
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Bloomsbury Studies in Theoretical Linguistics |
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Bloomsbury studies in theoretical linguistics.
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| Contents |
FC; Half title; Bloomsbury Studies in Theoretical Linguistics; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Credits; Contents; Preface; Technical Information; 1 The Birth of Linguistics When the Danes came; The Classical Danish Tradition in Grammatical Analysis; Jespersen on language; Brøndal's theory of word classes; Hjelmslev's theory of Glossematics; Diderichsen's theory of sentence topology; Summary; 2 The Chomskyan Approach A turn in linguistics; Generative (Transformational) Grammar: what is it?; Chomskyan linguistics: some basic assumptions; Chomskyan grammar: theory and model |
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Chomskyan grammar: some shortcomings3 Epi-Formal Analysis A theory on syntax; Introduction; The epi-formal theory and method: a parsimonious approach; A pragmatically based theory of syntax: syntax in use; EFA(X):38 Epi-formal analysis in syntax: the system; Occurrence Logic: a formal language; The system; Phrase analysis in EFA(X)3; Summary; 4 Deviational Syntactic Structures; The EFA(X)3 descriptions of Danish and Swedish syntax; The syntax of Danish and Swedish: a more detailed survey; Typological features of Danish and Swedish: genealogical effects; Summary; 5 Conclusions and Perspectives |
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ConclusionsPerspectives; Appendix A Glossary of Technical Terms; Appendix B The EFA(X)3 (EFA(X)3.1) Formal System; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Taking as a point of departure ideas and principles from the 18th and 19th century Danish tradition, and from 20th century traditions of the Copenhagen School of linguistics, this book attempts to set up a formal theory of syntax that addresses some of the weak points of other formal grammars, notably Chomskyan grammar. After introductions to the ideas of Brøndal, Hjelmslev and Diderichsen, Götzsche lays the philosophical and theoretical foundations of his formalism, based on a theory of universal pragmatics and on the invention of a special kind of formal logic called 'occurrence logic', and |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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English language -- Syntax.
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Danish language -- Syntax
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Swedish language -- Syntax
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Danish language -- Syntax
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English language -- Syntax
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Swedish language -- Syntax
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441144973 |
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1441144978 |
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