In linguistics, transformational syntax is a derivational approach to syntax that developed from the extended standard theory of generative grammar originally...
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In linguistics, transformational grammar (TG) or transformational-generative grammar (TGG) is part of the theory of generative grammar, especially of...
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theories have been proposed under its umbrella: Transformational grammar (TG) (Original theory of generative syntax laid out by Chomsky in Syntactic Structures...
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Wh-movement (redirect from Island (syntax))
Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Baker, C. 1978. Introduction to generative-transformational syntax. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Borsley, R. 1999. Syntactic...
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Deep structure and surface structure (category Generative syntax)
used in linguistics, specifically in the study of syntax in the Chomskyan tradition of transformational generative grammar. The deep structure of a linguistic...
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Parse tree (redirect from Concrete syntax)
computational linguistics; in theoretical syntax, the term syntax tree is more common. Concrete syntax trees reflect the syntax of the input language, making them...
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syntax. He achieved international recognition in 1981 for his book Transformational Syntax, which sold over 30,000 copies and was the standard introduction...
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Press. Emonds, J. 1976. A transformational approach to English syntax: Root, structure-preserving, and local-transformations. New York: Academic-Press...
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contextual analysis. Abstract syntax trees are also used in program analysis and program transformation systems. Abstract syntax trees are data structures...
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Akmajian, A. and F. Heny. 1980. An introduction to the principle of transformational syntax. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Finch, G. 2000. Linguistic terms...
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Michael Brame (redirect from Recursive categorical syntax)
combinations within sentences. Brame's view that "transformations simply do not exist" challenges transformational-generative grammar, advocating for a lexicon-centered...
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Generative grammar (redirect from Generative syntax)
initial version of generative syntax was called transformational grammar. In transformational grammar, rules called transformations mapped a level of representation...
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Readings in English Transformational Grammar, 184–221. Waltham: Ginn. Comrie, B 1989. Language universals and linguistic typology : syntax and morphology,...
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ISBN 978-90-279-7859-2. Oluikpe, Benson Omenihu A. (1979). Igbo Transformational Syntax: The Ngwa Dialect Example. Africana Publishers. p. 182. Njoku,...
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Movement paradox (category Syntactic transformation)
that challenges the transformational approach to syntax. The importance of movement paradoxes is emphasized by those theories of syntax (e.g. lexical functional...
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Linguistic performance (redirect from Index of Productive Syntax)
the tongue which cause an error in the syntax of the utterance are called transformational errors. Transformational errors are a mental operation proposed...
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Press. Huddleston, Rodney D. (1976). An introduction to English transformational syntax. Longman. Huddleston, Rodney D. (2009). The Sentence in Written...
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Syntactic movement (redirect from Movement (syntax))
controversial and is associated with so-called transformational or derivational theories of syntax (such as transformational grammar, government and binding theory...
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assumptions of transformational grammar were inadequate and have rejected them, including the following of Chomsky’s fundamental assumptions: that syntax is independent...
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Akmajian, A. and F. Heny. 1980. An introduction to the principle of transformational syntax. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Heidari, Maryam (2016). "Complement...
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X-bar theory (redirect from X-bar syntax)
grammar. X-bar theory was incorporated into both transformational and nontransformational theories of syntax, including government and binding theory (GB)...
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XML (redirect from Extended Reference Concrete Syntax)
and programming-language objects. Declarative transformation languages such as XSLT and XQuery. Syntax extensions to general-purpose programming languages...
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Constituent (linguistics) (category Generative syntax)
Introduction to generative transformational grammar. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Baker, C. L. 1988. English syntax. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press...
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program transformation systems Metaprogramming Program synthesis Source-to-source compiler Source code generation Transformation language Transformational grammar...
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Minimalist program (redirect from Minimalist syntax)
though still peripheral to transformational grammar. Economy of derivation requires that movements (i.e., transformations) occur only if necessary, and...
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Immediate constituent analysis (category Syntax)
Akmajian, A. and F. Heny. 1980. An introduction to the principles of transformational syntax. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Ágel, V., L. Eichinger, H.-W. Eroms...
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Generative semantics (redirect from Semantic Syntax)
two fundamentally different approaches to semantics within transformational generative syntax. In the 1960s, work in the generative tradition assumed that...
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Hygienic macro (redirect from Define-syntax)
construct (e.g., syntax-rules) and a framework for representing and manipulating syntax (e.g., syntax-case, syntactic closures). Syntax-rules is a high-level...
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Compiler-compiler (category Extensible syntax programming languages)
(BNF), extended Backus–Naur form (EBNF), or has its own syntax. Grammar files describe a syntax of a generated compiler's target programming language and...
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Go (programming language) (redirect from Go syntax and semantics)
necessary syntax to Go for declaring generic functions and types. A code translation tool, go2go, was provided to allow users to try the new syntax, along...
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