Newmeyer Linguistic Theory in America

2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9543-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Web PDF

Linguistic Theory in America

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newmeyer, Frederick J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Linguistic Theory in America;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION;10
6;PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION;12
7;Chapter 1.
The State of American Linguistics in the Mid 1950s;16
7.1;1.1 A Period of Optimism;16
7.2;1.2 Structural Linguistics;18
7.3;1.3 Clouds on the Horizon;26
8;Chapter 2.
The Chomskyan Revolution;32
8.1;2.1 Overview;32
8.2;2.2 Syntactic Structures;33
8.3;2.3 Noam Chomsky;43
8.4;2.4 Generative Phonology;46
8.5;2.5 Winning the Revolution;50
8.6;2.6 The Growth of the Field;59
8.7;2.7 The Early Impact of Generative Grammar on Other Fields;66
9;Chapter 3.
From Syntactic Structures to Aspects of the Theory of Syntax;70
9.1;3.1 Introduction;70
9.2;3.2 Revisions in the Syntactic Component: 1957–1965;70
9.3;3.3 The Incorporation of Semantics into the Model;80
9.4;3.4 Some Assumptions Made Explicit;86
9.5;3.5 The Aspects Model;88
10;Chapter 4.
The Rise of Generative Semantics;96
10.1;4.1 The Syntax Explosion;96
10.2;4.2 The Steps to Generative Semantics;97
10.3;4.3 Early Generative Semantics;107
10.4;4.4 Case Grammar;118
10.5;4.5 The Emerging Opposition to Generative Semantics;121
10.6;4.6 Syntactic Theory in 1970: A Synopsis;129
11;Chapter 5.
The Linguistic Wars;132
11.1;5.1 Introduction;132
11.2;5.2 Late Generative Semantics;132
11.3;5.3 Generative Semantics under Attack;141
11.4;5.4 The Collapse of Generative Semantics;147
11.5;5.5 The Legacy of Generative Semantics;153
12;Chapter 6.
The Extended Standard Theory;154
12.1;6.1 The 1970 Interpretive Model;154
12.2;6.2 Constraints on Transformational Rules;160
12.3;6.3 Constraints on Base Rules;166
12.4;6.4 Constraints on Surface Structure;169
12.5;6.5 The Trace Theory of Movement Rules;171
13;Chapter 7.
The New Consensus and the New Riftin Generative Syntax;186
13.1;7.1 The Post-Generative Semantics Consensus;186
13.2;7.2 The New Rift;201
14;Chapter 8.
Current Approaches to Syntax;212
14.1;8.1 Work in Progress;212
14.2;8.2 The Government-Binding Theory;212
14.3;8.3 Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar;224
14.4;8.4 Relationally Based Models of Grammar;230
14.5;8.5 The Current Debate within Generative Syntax;238
14.6;8.6 The Status of Generative Grammar;242
15;REFERENCES;246
16;NAME INDEX;282
17;SUBJECT INDEX;288