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'Take One' on take: Lexo-Ecology Illustrated
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Makkai, Adam – Language Sciences, 1974
The verb "take" as presented by Langendoen and McCawley is examined in order to prove to the reader that transformational generative grammar suffers from a disregard of empirical fact. (Author/LG)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Idioms, Language Patterns, Language Research
The Ungrounded Transformer
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Noss, R. B. – Language Sciences, 1972
Paper presented before the linguistic section of The Siam Society on May 12, 1971. Stresses the need for grammar theories which do not prevent linguists from identifying unusual syntactic structures in the less-studied languages of the world. (VM)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Language Research