Grammars and Grammaticality
Author:   Michael B. Kac (University of Minnesota)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   78
ISBN:  

9789027235756


Pages:   259
Publication Date:   06 February 1992
Format:   Hardback
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"This text argues for the validity of grammaticality, for a specific view of the relationship between the abstract, non-psychological 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, providing a ""diagnosis"" for any ungrammatical string of the type of ungrammaticality involved. Part one justifies this view and makes the logical foundations of etiological analysis explicit. Part two applies the theory to a diverse body of typically generativist data, among which are aspects of the English complement system and some problematic phenomena in coordinate structures. The volume includes pedagogical exercises and especially intriguing is a large analysis problem, originally constructed by Gerlad Sanders using data from Nama Hottentot, which exposes the reader to a syntax of extraordinary beauty."

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Author:   Michael B. Kac (University of Minnesota)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   78
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9789027235756


ISBN 10:   9027235759
Pages:   259
Publication Date:   06 February 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Introduction; 3. Part I. The Content of Syntactic Theory; 4. 1. The Nature of the Project; 5. 2. Syntactic Theory and Psychology; 6. 3. Etiological Analysis of Ungrammaticality; 7. Part II. A Theory of Syntax and its Applications; 8. 4. The Framework; 9. 5. Finite Verb Complementation in English; 10. 6. Infinitival Complementation; 11. 7. Constraints on Predicate Coordination; 12. Peroratio; 13. Appendix: Pedagogical Exercises; 14. References; 15. General Index

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