Aspects of the Theory of Syntax

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MIT 119 LINGUISTICS
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
by Noam Chomsky
"It will inevitably dominate linguistic discussion for the next few years . and will be widely discussed by all those concerned in any way with the investigation of language."
— The Philosophical Quarterly
". Chomsky's ideas are not a mere rephrasing or continuation of previous linguistic theories, but constitute a truly fresh and revolutionary approach to the study of language."
— The Modern Language Journal
" the book certainly is very important and very useful, because it is not only very rich in ideas itself, but because it will also certainly stimulate research of problems which were rather neglected in the past decades."
— Archiv Orientálni
". we must be grateful to Chomsky for lending to [the] renewed investigation [of the traditional questions of linguistic theory within the framework of generative grammar] the whole weight of the prestige he rightly enjoys."
— The Philosophical... Tovább

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MIT 119 LINGUISTICS
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
by Noam Chomsky
"It will inevitably dominate linguistic discussion for the next few years . and will be widely discussed by all those concerned in any way with the investigation of language."
— The Philosophical Quarterly
". Chomsky's ideas are not a mere rephrasing or continuation of previous linguistic theories, but constitute a truly fresh and revolutionary approach to the study of language."
— The Modern Language Journal
" the book certainly is very important and very useful, because it is not only very rich in ideas itself, but because it will also certainly stimulate research of problems which were rather neglected in the past decades."
— Archiv Orientálni
". we must be grateful to Chomsky for lending to [the] renewed investigation [of the traditional questions of linguistic theory within the framework of generative grammar] the whole weight of the prestige he rightly enjoys."
— The Philosophical Quarterly
"This book will certainly be essential for an understanding of the structure of language viewed from the syntactic point of view."
— The Review of Metaphysics
Beginning in the middle fifties and emanating largely from M.I.T., 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 language, it differs enough in its general objectives and in its specific conclusions about the structure of language to warrant a name, "generative grammar," or more specifically, "transformational generative grammar."
Deficiencies of various kinds 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 in certain ways.
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 language structure are discussed only insofar as they bear on syntactic theory.
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