Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax is a seminal 1965 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that helped establish generative grammar as a central framework in theoretical linguistics.
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| instanceOf |
book
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linguistics book → |
| academicDiscipline |
generative linguistics
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| academicLevel |
graduate
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| author |
Noam Chomsky
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| countryOfPublication |
United States
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| field |
generative grammar
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linguistics → theoretical linguistics → |
| follows |
Syntactic Structures
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| genre |
academic monograph
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| hasKeyConcept |
explanatory adequacy in linguistic theory
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formal constraints on grammars → levels of adequacy for grammars → rule systems for grammar → universal grammar → |
| hasPart |
Standard Theory of generative grammar
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| hasSection |
grammatical competence
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semantic interpretation → syntactic structures and rules → |
| impact |
contributed to the cognitive revolution in psychology
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redefined goals and methods of linguistic theory → |
| influenced |
generative linguistics
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philosophy of language → syntactic theory → |
| influencedBy |
Syntactic Structures
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| introducesConcept |
competence
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deep structure → levels of linguistic representation → performance → surface structure → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
generative grammar
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syntax → transformational grammar → |
| notableFor |
formalization of syntactic theory
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helping establish generative grammar as a central framework in theoretical linguistics → systematic exposition of transformational-generative grammar → |
| publicationYear |
1965
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| publisher |
MIT Press
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| relatedWork |
Lectures on Government and Binding
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Syntactic Structures → The Sound Pattern of English → |
| targetAudience |
cognitive scientists
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linguists → philosophers of language → |
| theoreticalFramework |
Standard Theory
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transformational-generative grammar → |