Syntactic Structures
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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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book
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linguistics book → non-fiction book → |
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cognitive science
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linguistics → |
| approach |
formal
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generative → |
| author |
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky's lectures at MIT
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| centralConcept |
competence vs performance distinction
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deep structure → phrase structure rules → surface structure → transformational rules → |
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Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
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Netherlands
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| demonstrates |
distinction between grammaticality and meaningfulness
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limitations of finite-state grammars → need for phrase-structure grammars → need for transformations in grammar → |
| describedAs |
foundational text of generative grammar
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landmark work in linguistics → |
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generative linguistics
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| followedBy |
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
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| hasImpactOn |
formal language theory
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language acquisition theory → philosophy of mind → |
| influenced |
cognitive science
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modern linguistics → philosophy of language → psycholinguistics → |
| influencedBy |
American descriptivism
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structural linguistics → |
| language |
English
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| notableFor |
arguing for the autonomy of syntax
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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
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purely distributional analysis of syntax → |
| publicationYear |
1957
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| publisher |
Mouton
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| subject |
generative grammar
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linguistics → syntax → theoretical linguistics → transformational grammar → |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
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Standard Theory → Standard Theory of generative grammar → |
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Avram Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky → |
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
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Chomskyan linguistics
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Cartesian Linguistics
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
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relatedWork |