Non-Transformational Syntax: Formal and Explicit Models of Grammar

Borsley, Robert [Editor]; Börjars, Kersti [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0631209654 / ISBN 13: 9780631209652

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Non-Transformational Syntax: Formal and Explicit Models of Grammar
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631209654
• ISBN 13: 9780631209652
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This authoritative introduction explores the four main non-transformational syntactic frameworks: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, and Simpler Syntax. It also considers a range of issues that arise in connection with these approaches, including questions about processing and acquisition.

• An authoritative introduction to the main alternatives to transformational grammar
• Includes introductions to three long-established non-transformational syntactic frameworks: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Grammar, and Categorial Grammar, along with the recently developed Simpler Syntax
• Brings together linguists who have developed and shaped these theories to illustrate the central properties of these frameworks and how they handle some of the main phenomena of syntax
• Discusses a range of issues that arise in connection with non-transformational approaches, including processing and acquisition

About the Author

Robert Borsley is Professor of Linguistics in University of Essex. He has published widely in the field of syntactic theory and has made important contributions to the Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar framework.

Kersti Börjars is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manchester. She has published within the areas of morphology, historical linguistics, and morpho-syntactic theory, in particular Lexical-Functional Grammar.