Deviational Syntactic Structures

Taking as a point of departure ideas and principles from the 18th and 19th century Danish tradition, and from 20th century traditions of the Copenhagen School of linguistics, this book attempts to set up a formal theory of syntax that addresses some of the weak points of other formal grammars, notab...

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1. Verfasser: G tzsche, Hans
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2013
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Academic
Ausgabe:1
Schriftenreihe:Continuum studies in theoretical linguistics
Schlagworte:
Danish language
Danish language > Syntax
English language > Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Grammar, Syntax and Morphology
Language and languages > Syntax
Linguistics
Swedish language > Syntax
Syntax
ISBN:9781472541918, 147254191X, 082645738X, 9780826457387, 1472587960, 9781472587961
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • The Birth of Linguistics - The Chomskyan Approach - Epi-Formal Analysis - Deviational Syntactic Structures - Conclusions and Perspectives - Notes - Bibliography
  • Intro -- Bloomsbury Studies in Theoretical Linguistics -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Quotation -- Contents -- Preface -- Technical Information -- 1    The Birth of Linguistics: When the Danes Came -- The Classical Danish Tradition in Grammatical Analysis -- Jespersen on language -- Brøndal's theory of word classes -- Hjelmslev's theory of Glossematics -- Diderichsen's theory of sentence topology -- Summary -- 2    The Chomskyan Approach: A Turn in Linguistics -- Generative (Transformational) Grammar: what is it? -- Chomskyan linguistics: some basic assumptions -- Chomskyan grammar: theory and model -- Chomskyan grammar: some shortcomings -- 3    Epi-Formal Analysis: A Theory on Syntax -- Introduction -- The epi-formal theory and method: a parsimonious approach -- A pragmatically based theory of syntax: syntax in use -- EFA(X): Epi-formal analysis in syntax: the system -- Occurrence Logic: a formal language -- The system -- Phrase analysis in EFA(X)3 -- Summary -- 4    Deviational Syntactic Structures -- The EFA(X)3 descriptions of Danish and Swedish syntax -- The syntax of Danish and Swedish: a more detailed study -- Typological features of Danish and Swedish: genealogical effects -- Summary -- 5    Conclusions and Perspectives -- Conclusions -- Perspectives -- Appendix A Glossary of Technical Terms -- Appendix B The EFA(X)3 (EFA(X)3.1) Formal System -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index