Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction (Applied Language Studies)

Cook, Vivian J.

ISBN 10: 0631153020 ISBN 13: 9780631153023

Verlag: Blackwell Publishers, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

This text provides an integrated account of Chomsky's ideas about language, based chiefly on the current version of his theory - the government/binding theory of linguistics. It starts from the fundamental concept of universal grammar as a property of the human mind, consisting of universal principles of language and parameters that vary within limits from one language to another. The implications of this are explored for first language acquisition, concentrating on the contribution of the mind and on the nature of the language evidence necessary. An outline of the sub-theories of GB and their relationship is presented, dealing with topics such as the X-bar theory in syntax, syntactic movement and case theory, with government a pervasive syntactic relationship in the theory. Chomsky's writings of the 1980s are incorporated together with lectures on GB theory, including ideas represented in the Managua and Kyoto lectures.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1988
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0631153020
• ISBN 13: 9780631153023
• Einband: Broschiert
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 201
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