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1 online resource (269 pages) |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 78 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 78.
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| Contents |
GRAMMARS AND GRAMMATICALITY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Table of contents; Introduction; Part I. The Content of Syntactic Theory; 1. The Nature of the Project; 2. Syntactic Theory and Psychology; 3. Etiological Analysis of Ungrammaticality; Part II. A Theory of Syntax and Its Applications; 4. The Framework; 5. Finite Verb Complementation in English; 6. Infinitival Complementation; 7. Constraints on Predicate Coordination; Peroratio; Appendix Pedagogical Exercises; References; General Index |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-252] and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammaticality (Linguistics)
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Generative grammar.
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English language -- Verb.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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English language -- Verb
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Generative grammar
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Grammaticality (Linguistics)
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
91026449 |
| ISBN |
9789027277527 |
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9027277524 |
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9786613313263 |
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6613313262 |
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