Primitive Elements of Grammatical Theory (eBook, PDF)

Papers by Jean-Roger Vergnaud and His Collaborators
Redaktion: McKinney-Bock, Katherine; Zubizarreta, Maria Luisa

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a compilation of manuscripts and publications from 2001-2010 by Jean-Roger Vergnaud, in collaboration with colleagues and students. This work is guided by the scientific belief that broader mathematical principles should guide linguistic inquiry, as they guide classical biology and physics. From this, Vergnaud's hypotheses take the representation of the computational component of language to a more abstract level: one that derives constituent structure. He treats linguistic features as primitives, and argues that a 2 x n matrix allows for multiple discrete dimensions to represent symmetries in linguistic features and to derive the fabric of syntax (and perhaps of phonology as well).

Three primary research questions guide the core of these papers. (A) Methodologically, how can broadly defined mathematical/cognitive principles guide linguistic investigation? (B) To what extent do general mathematical principles apply across linguistic domains? What principles guide computation at different levels of linguistic structure (phonology, metrical structure, syntax)? (C) How is the computational domain defined?

In these manuscripts, Vergnaud's goal is not to radically depart from the Minimalist Program within generative grammar, but rather to take the underlying goal of the generative program and bring it to an even more general scientific level. The themes of symmetry and periodicity in this book reflect his goal of scientific progress in linguistics, and he has opened the doors to new exploration of old empirical problems in linguistics that may, someday, have deeper biological and physical explanations through the theory presented in this publication.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134510955
• Artikelnr.: 39907294

Autorenporträt

Katherine McKinney-Bock recently completed her PhD in Department of Linguistics at the University of Southern California, USA and is joining Reed College for the academic year 2013-14 as a visiting assistant professor of linguistics. Maria Luisa Zubizarreta is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Southern California, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Katherine McKinney
Bock and Maria Luisa Zubizarreta 2. Exquisite connections: some remarks on the evolution of linguistic theory Robert Freidin and Jean
Roger Vergnaud 3. On a Certain Notion of "Occurrence:" The source of metrical structure and much more Jean
Roger Vergnaud 4. Generalizing the Notion of "Occurrence" Tommi Tsz
Cheung Leung 5. Some Explanatory Avatars of Conceptual Necessity: Elements of UG Jean
Roger Vergnaud 6. Grafts and Beyond: Graph Theoretic Syntax Katherine McKinney
Bock and Jean
Roger Vergnaud 7. On Merge
markers and Nominal Structures Wei
wen Roger Liao and Jean
Roger Vergnaud