Standard Theory

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Standard Theory is an early framework in generative grammar, developed by Noam Chomsky in the 1960s, that formalizes the relationship between deep and surface structures in syntactic analysis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf framework in generative grammar
linguistic theory
appliesTo natural language syntax
areaOfStudy formal grammar
theoretical linguistics
associatedWith Chomskyan linguistics
formal syntax
assumes autonomous syntax
competence–performance distinction
generative rules
basedOn Chomskyan generative grammar
coreConcept deep structure
lexicon
phrase structure rules
surface structure
transformations
countryOfOrigin United States
developedBy Noam Chomsky
distinguishes deep structure
surface structure
field syntax
focusesOn relationship between deep structure and surface structure
syntactic structure
transformational rules
goal to formalize the mapping from deep structures to surface structures
historicalPeriod early generative grammar
inception 1960s
influenced Extended Standard Theory
Government and Binding Theory
Minimalist Program
influencedBy Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
Syntactic Structures
mainSubject generative grammar
notableProponent Noam Chomsky
predecessor early transformational grammar
relatedConcept competence
deep structure
performance
surface structure
transformational grammar
successor Extended Standard Theory
Government and Binding Theory
Revised Extended Standard Theory
theoreticalFrameworkOf transformational-generative grammar
uses phrase structure rules
transformational rules

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Revised Extended Standard Theory
Revised Extended Standard Theory ("Extended Standard Theory")
buildsOn
Revised Extended Standard Theory ("Extended Standard Theory")
follows
Standard Theory ("Extended Standard Theory")
successor
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
theoreticalFramework

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