Foundations of generative linguistics
Foundations of generative linguistics
Author(s): Éva DékánySubject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: generative grammar; transformation; language faculty; recursion; language universal
Summary/Abstract: This paper gives a broad overview of the ideas underlying the Chomskyan approach to linguistics. It identifies the main innovation of generative grammar in linguistics and clarifies some recurring misunderstandings about the language faculty, recursion and language universals. The paper also discusses some of the main empirical results of generative syntax.
- Issue Year: 66/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 309-334
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
