This authoritative introduction explores the four main non-transformational syntactic frameworks: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, and Simpler Syntax. It also considers a range of issues that arise in connection with these approaches, including questions about processing and acquisition.

An authoritative introduction to the main alternatives to transformational grammar
Includes introductions to three long-established non-transformational syntactic frameworks: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Grammar, and Categorial Grammar, along with the recently developed Simpler Syntax
Brings together linguists who have developed and shaped these theories to illustrate the central properties of these frameworks and how they handle some of the main phenomena of syntax
Discusses a range of issues that arise in connection with non-transformational approaches, including processing and acquisition

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Languages & Linguistics

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Syntax in Linguistics

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Languages & Linguistics

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contributors
Introduction
1 Elementary Principles of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
2 Advanced Topics in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
3 Lexical-Functional Grammar: Interactions between Morphology and Syntax
4 Lexical-Functional Grammar: Functional Structure
5 Combinatory Categorial Grammar
6 Multi-Modal Type-Logical Grammar
7 Alternative Minimalist Visions of Language
8 Feature-Based Grammar
9 Lexicalism, Periphrasis, and Implicative Morphology
10 Performance-Compatible Competence Grammar
11 Modeling Grammar Growth: Universal Grammar without Innate Principles or Parameters
12 Language Acquisition with Feature-Based Grammars
Index of Subjects
Index of Languages

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