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Hetzron, Robert – Linguistics, 1974
Most linguistic theory is analytic in that it begins with a complex unit and breaks it down into components. Criticisms of analytic linguistics are made, and a synthetic approach is proposed which begins with atomic components of language and rules for grouping them into more complex units. (RM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory