Taking as an example the "trace theory" of movement rules developed at MIT, the article shows the conditions to which a theoretical innovation must conform in order to be considered legitimate in the context of transformational grammar's "Extended Standard Theory." (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Part 1 of a continued article. (WB)

A review of The Psychology of Speech and Language: An Introduction of Psycholinguistics" (Random), by Joseph A. De Vito. (RY)

Describes three types of generative rules in transformational grammar. (DD)

Harris's original idea of transformations has been changed several times in Chomsky's work. This article explicates these transformations, arguing that though their motivations are highly understandable, these transformations are not necessary for understanding the workings of natural languages. (Author/VWL)

Theories of natural language syntax often characterize grammatical knowledge as a form of abstract computation. This paper argues that such a characterization is correct, and that fundamental properties of grammar can and should be understood in terms of restrictions on the complexity of possible grammatical computation, when defined in terms of…

This report documents efforts over a five-month period toward completion of a pilot system for machine translation of German scientific and technical literature into English. The report is divided into three areas: grammar formalism, programming, and linguistics. Work on grammar formalism concentrated mainly on increasing the power of the…

In the past, linguistic descriptions of the relationships common to passive sentences have not been universally applicable. Junction grammar, a type of generative grammar, is a model that may provide a means of describing universal passive relationships. Junction grammar differs from transformational grammar in that its rules (1) claim other…

This paper considers the way in which a grammar must account for the speaker's knowledge of sentence force as opposed to sentence form or meaning and the way in which this force is related to a sentence. According to the performative analysis approach, the force of each sentence should be stated explicitly as a part of the underlying…

This first volume of a three-part language research study states and illustrates that the point of departure for comparative analysis of two languages rests on a comprehensive typology in each of a number of areas of grammar. The report suggests that a limited set of functions can be isolated, and that the range of grammatical possibilities open…

The language arts are constructed like a doughnut or a bagel, so that at their center where there might be something, there is instead a hole--emptiness. The dominant approach to understanding the nature of language--generative grammar--does not suggest a center for the language arts. An alternative approach to language and mind is "cognitive…

Discusses current trends in psycholinguistics, particularly in reference to recent international linguistics conferences. (RM)

The author defends a position previously taken against a criticism that stated that he did not use the Chomskyan model (or any closed model), but rather a general transformational grammar. Several selected examples are used to explain the ranking he assigns to this grammar in foreign language teaching. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Examines the similarity of clitic to other syntactic relationships, such as modifier plus noun, and demonstrates that the consistency of linking in each case may reflect a syntactic unity justifying obligatory liaison. (MSE)