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Mussad, Albert E. – Georgetown Journal of Languages and Linguistics, 1991
Discusses Chomsky's linguistic theories and suggests that these theories have clear implications for politics, philosophy, and psychology. (five references) (JL)
Descriptors: Creativity, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Philosophy
Peer reviewedTraugott, Elizabeth Closs; Smith, Henry – Journal of Linguistics, 1993
David Lightfoot's "How to Set Parameters: Arguments from Language Change" (1991), which adopts the principles and parameters approach developed by Chomsky as part of the theory of government and binding, is reviewed. (Contains 34 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Generative Grammar, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
Marshall, Fred – 1983
Dissatisfaction with the standard transformational grammar approach to teaching passive voice sentences gave rise to the method developed. It is based on the framework of a lexical-functional grammar, which claims that both active and passive sentences are base-generated, and that both active and passive verb forms occur in the lexicon. It would…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English (Second Language), Generative Grammar, Language Usage
Bhat, K. V. T. – Newsletter of Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, 1978
The properties of "do", its distribution and meaning, are discussed. "Do" is one of the most common error-zones for Indian learners of English. Two analyses of "do" which account for the distribution and meaning of this element are presented. According to the transformational approach, "do" is introduced in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure
