Aspects of the Theory of Syntax

Chomsky, Noam

ISBN 10: 0262530074 / ISBN 13: 9780262530071

Published by MIT Press, 1969

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262530074
• ISBN 13: 9780262530071
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: New Impression.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.661 pounds

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Synopsis

Beginning in the mid-fifties and emanating largely form MIT, an approach was developed to linguistic theory and to the study of the structure of particular languages that diverges in many respects from modern linguistics. Although this approach is connected to the traditional study of languages, it differs enough in its specific conclusions about the structure and in its specific conclusions about the structure of language to warrant a name, "generative grammar." Various deficiencies have been discovered in the first attempts to formulate a theory of transformational generative grammar and in the descriptive analysis of particular languages that motivated these formulations. At the same time, it has become apparent that these formulations can be extended and deepened.The major purpose of this book is to review these developments and to propose a reformulation of the theory of transformational generative grammar that takes them into account. The emphasis in this study is syntax; semantic and phonological aspects of the language structure are discussed only insofar as they bear on syntactic theory.

About the Author

Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) at MIT and the author of many influential books on linguistics, including Aspects of the Theory of Syntax and The Minimalist Program, both published by the MIT Press.