Arguments For A Non Transformational Grammar
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Arguments for a Non-Transformational Grammar
Author: Richard A. Hudson
language: en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date: 1976-11
For the past decade, the dominant transformational theory of syntax has produced the most interesting insights into syntactic properties. Over the same period another theory, systemic grammar, has been developed very quietly as an alternative to the transformational model. In this work Richard A. Hudson outlines "daughter-dependency theory," which is derived from systemic grammar, and offers empirical reasons for preferring it to any version of transformational grammar. The goal of daughter-dependency theory is the same as that of Chomskyan transformational grammar—to generate syntactic structures for all (and only) syntactically well-formed sentences that would relate to both the phonological and the semantic structures of the sentences. However, unlike transformational grammars, those based on daughter-dependency theory generate a single syntactic structure for each sentence. This structure incorporates all the kinds of information that are spread, in a transformational grammar, over to a series of structures (deep, surface, and intermediate). Instead of the combination of phrase-structure rules and transformations found in transformational grammars, daughter-dependency grammars contain rules with the following functions: classification, dependency-marking, or ordering. Hudson's strong arguments for a non-transformational grammar stress the capacity of daughter-dependency theory to reflect the facts of language structure and to capture generalizations that transformational models miss. An important attraction of Hudson's theory is that the syntax is more concrete, with no abstract underlying elements. In the appendixes, the author outlines a partial grammar for English and a small lexicon and distinguishes his theory from standard dependency theory. Hudson's provocative thesis is supported by his thorough knowledge of transformational grammar.
Non-Transformational Syntax
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
Current Approaches to Syntax
Preliminary Material /Edith A. Moravcsik and Jessica R. Wirth --On Syntactic Approaches /Edith A. Moravcsik --Montague's Syntax /Robin Cooper --Seventeen Sentences: Basic Principles and Application of Functional Grammar /Simon C. Dik --A Synopsis of Tagmemics /Linda K. Jones --Corepresentational Grammar /Michael B. Kac --Functional Syntax /Susumo Kuno --Trace Theory and Explanation /David Lightfoot --An Un-Syntax /James D. McCawley --Relational Grammar /David M. Perlmutter --Equational Rules and Rule Functions in Syntax /Gerald A. Sanders --Daughter-Dependency Grammar /Paul Schachter --Syntax and Linguistic Semantics in Stratificational Theory /William J. Sullivan --Role and Reference Grammar /Robert D. Van Valin Jr. and William A. Foley --Summation and Assessment of Theories /Robert P. Stockwell --An Assessment /Jessica R. Wirth --Basic Issues and Sample Sentences /Edith A. Moravcsik and Jessica R. Wirth --Index of Languages /Edith A. Moravcsik and Jessica R. Wirth --Index of Names /Edith A. Moravcsik and Jessica R. Wirth --Index of Terms /Edith A. Moravcsik and Jessica R. Wirth --Contents of Previous Volumes /Edith A. Moravcsik and Jessica R. Wirth.