Representation and Derivation in the Theory of Grammar

Book Overview

Derivation or Representation? Hubert Haider & Klaus Netter 1 The Issue Derivation and Representation - these keywords refer both to a conceptual as well as to an empirical issue. Transformational grammar was in its outset (Chomsky 1957, 1975) a derivational theory which characterized a well-formed sentence by its derivation, i.e. a set of syntactic representations defined by a set of rules that map one representation into another. The set of mapping-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401055246
• ISBN13: 9789401055246
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"