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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
Peer reviewedNeely, Peter M. – College English, 1978
Contends that the rule "do not split infinitives" is a proper subset of the rule "do not split verbs," and that both should be taught. (DD)
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Usage
Direct linkStabler, Edward P. – Cognitive Science, 2004
Four different kinds of grammars that can define crossing dependencies in human language are compared here: (1) "context sensitive rewrite" grammars with rules that depend on context; (2) "matching" grammars with constraints that filter the generative structure of the language; (3) "copying" grammars which can copy structures of unbounded size;…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Sentence Structure, Context Effect, Generative Grammar
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
Download full textTaylor, Louise Todd – 1969
Samples of written language were collected from 140 congenitally deaf children at grade levels 3, 5, 7, and 9. The samples were then subjected to error, quantitative, and transformational analysis. Findings suggested a relationship between the order in which the deaf child acquires the rules of his language and the ordering of rules in a…
Descriptors: Child Language, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research, Generative Grammar
Py, Bernard – 1972
A progress report is presented of a study which applies a system of generative grammar to error analysis. The objective of the study was to reconstruct the grammar of students' interlanguage, using a systematic analysis of errors. (Interlanguage refers to the linguistic competence of a student who possesses a relatively systematic body of rules,…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, French, Generative Grammar
Tedeschi, Philip J. – 1975
Thirty informants were presented with sets of clauses punctuated as in the pattern "S1. If S2. S3" and asked which clause, S1 or S3, the "if" clause modified. Independently, several linguists judged the sentences "S1, if S2" and "S2, if S3" acceptable. Missing intonational clues or improper punctuation,…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Expressive Language
