Syntactic Structures

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book linguistics book non-fiction book

Syntactic Structures is a landmark 1957 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that revolutionized the study of language by introducing generative grammar and challenging behaviorist views of linguistics.

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Syntactic Structures canonical 9
Syntactic Structures Revisited 1

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linguistics book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
academicDiscipline cognitive science ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
approach formal ⓘ
generative ⓘ
author Noam Chomsky ⓘ
basedOn Noam Chomsky ⓘ
surface form: Noam Chomsky's lectures at MIT
centralConcept competence vs performance distinction ⓘ
deep structure ⓘ
phrase structure rules ⓘ
surface structure ⓘ
transformational rules ⓘ
containsExample Colorless green ideas sleep furiously ⓘ
countryOfPublication Netherlands ⓘ
demonstrates distinction between grammaticality and meaningfulness ⓘ
limitations of finite-state grammars ⓘ
need for phrase-structure grammars ⓘ
need for transformations in grammar ⓘ
describedAs foundational text of generative grammar ⓘ
landmark work in linguistics ⓘ
field generative linguistics ⓘ
followedBy Aspects of the Theory of Syntax ⓘ
hasImpactOn formal language theory ⓘ
language acquisition theory ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
influenced cognitive science ⓘ
modern linguistics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
psycholinguistics ⓘ
influencedBy American descriptivism ⓘ
structural linguistics ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor arguing for the autonomy of syntax ⓘ
challenging behaviorist views of language ⓘ
developing transformational-generative grammar ⓘ
formalizing syntactic rules ⓘ
introducing generative grammar ⓘ
using formal notation for grammar ⓘ
opposes behaviorist theories of language ⓘ
purely distributional analysis of syntax ⓘ
publicationYear 1957 ⓘ
publisher Mouton ⓘ
subject generative grammar ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
syntax ⓘ
theoretical linguistics ⓘ
transformational grammar ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Syntactic Structures Revisited