Syntactic Structures after 60 Years: The Impact of the Chomskyan Revolution in Linguistics

by Norbert Hornstein (Editor), Howard Lasnik (Editor), Pritty Patel-Grosz (Editor), Charles Yang (Editor)

Overview

This volume explores the continuing relevance of Syntactic Structures to contemporary research in generative syntax. The contributions examine the ideas that changed the way that syntax is studied and that still have a lasting effect on contemporary work in generative syntax. Topics include formal foundations, the syntax-semantics interface, the autonomy of syntax, methods of data analysis, and detailed discussions of the role of transformations. New commentary from Noam Chomsky is included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501514654
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	01/09/2018
Series:	Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] , #129
Pages:	463
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

N. Hornstein, H. Lasnik, University of Maryland; P. Patel-Grosz, University of Oslo; C. Yang, University of Pennsylvania

Table of Contents

Part I Syntactic Structures

Preface 5

Table of Contents 9

Part II Syntactic Structures after 60 Years

Acknowledgements 121

Introduction Norbert Hornstein Howard Lasnik Pritty Patel-Grosz Charles Yang 123

Syntactic Structures. Some retrospective comments Noam Chomsky 131

Syntactic Structures: Format Foundations Howard Lasnik 137

The Autonomy of Syntax David Adger 153

Revolutionary New ideas Appear Infrequently Robert C. Berwick 177

Acceptability judgments and grammaticality, prospects and challenges Jon Sprouse 195

The explanatory power of linguistic theory Jeffrey Lidz 225

Kernel sentences, phrase structure grammars, and theta roles Heidi Harley 241

Transformations in the Quest for a Simpler, more Elegant Theory Mamoru Saito 255

Grammatical vs. Lexical Formatives Gillian Ramchand 283

Syntactic Structures and Morphology Bronwyn Moore Bjorkman 301

Constructions Henk C. van Riemsdijk 317

Meanings via Syntactic Structures Paul M. Pietroski 331

Back to the Future: Non-generation, filtration, and the heartbreak of interface-driven minimalism Omer Preminger 355

English verbs in Syntactic Structures Mark Aronoff 381

Passive Artemis Alexiadou Elena Anagnostopoulou Florian Schäfer 403

Discovering syntactic variation Martina Wiltschko 427

Editorial Reviews

"Syntactic Structures after 60 years is a splendid addition to the library of linguistics, and a very educational
reading experience." Marcel den Dikken in: Acta Linguistica Academica 66 (2019), 429-444

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