Principles and Parameters Theory
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Principles and Parameters Theory is a framework in generative linguistics that explains how universal grammatical principles and language-specific parameter settings account for the diversity and acquisition of human languages.
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| instanceOf |
framework in generative grammar
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linguistic theory → |
| addresses |
cross-linguistic variation
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learnability of grammar → problem of language acquisition → |
| appliesTo |
morphology
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some aspects of phonology → syntax → |
| associatedWith |
Howard Lasnik
NERFINISHED
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Lectures on Government and Binding → Noam Chomsky → |
| assumes |
innate language faculty
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universal grammar → |
| component |
parameters
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principles → |
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behaviorist accounts of language learning
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purely construction-based approaches → |
| coreIdea |
children set parameter values based on linguistic input
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language variation is captured by a finite set of parameters → parameters have a small number of possible values → universal grammar constrains possible human languages → universal grammatical principles are shared by all human languages → |
| developedWithin |
Chomskyan generative grammar
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| exampleParameter |
head-directionality parameter
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pro-drop parameter → wh-movement parameter → |
| field |
generative linguistics
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theoretical linguistics → |
| formalism |
uses movement operations
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uses phrase structure representations → |
| goal |
account for limits on possible human grammars
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explain rapid and uniform language acquisition in children → |
| influenced |
Minimalist Program
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parametric typology → |
| influencedBy |
Government and Binding Theory
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Transformational-Generative Grammar → |
| parametersCharacterization |
parameters are points of limited variation across languages
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| principlesCharacterization |
principles are universal constraints on grammar
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| relatedConcept |
Government and Binding
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Universal Grammar → parametric variation → |
| statusInField |
foundational framework in late 20th-century generative syntax
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| timePeriod |
1980s
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late 1970s → |
| usedIn |
comparative syntax
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first language acquisition research → second language acquisition research → syntactic theory → |
| viewOnLearning |
learning is parameter setting rather than rule construction from scratch
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Referenced by (11)
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Lectures on Government and Binding
("Principles and Parameters framework")
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Revised Extended Standard Theory → Standard Theory of generative grammar → X-bar theory ("Principles and Parameters theory") → |
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Chomskyan linguistics
("language acquisition device")
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associatedWith |
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Lectures on Government and Binding
("Principles and Parameters")
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coreConcept |
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The Minimalist Program
("Principles and Parameters framework")
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influencedBy |
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binding (linguistics)
("Principles and Parameters framework")
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partOf |
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Revised Extended Standard Theory
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precedes |
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Standard Theory of generative grammar
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predecessorOf |
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Minimalist Program
("Principles and Parameters framework")
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