The architecture of language
by Chomsky, Noam, Mukherji, Nirmalangshu, Delhi Lecture, Delhi)
"Noam Chomsky is one of the most widely published and influential thinkers on language and mind. He has consistently maintained that human beings are genetically endowed with an innate language faculty - a set of principles that constitute what he calls the 'Universal Grammar'. …
Machine generated contents note: 1. Grammar; 2. Words; 3. Structure; 4. Null constituents; 5. Head movement; 6. Wh-movement; 7. A-bar movement "Andrew Radford has acquired an unrivalled reputation over the past thirty years for writing syntax textbooks in which difficult concep…
This volume collects thirteen of the author's previously published papers from the last 25 years which explore various aspects of grammatical architecture from a minimalist perspective. The book examines the structural architectures of phrases and clauses, clitics, and derivatio…
Agreement plays a pivotal role in the generative theory of natural language. More recently, the minimalist paradigm suggests positing a separate operation - Agree - for agreement, alongside Merge - the recursive structure building operation and Move - the.
Andrew Radford's textbook is written for students with little or no background in syntax, and introduces them to key concepts of Chomsky's minimalist programme (e.g. merger and movement, checking, economy and greed, split VPs, agreement projections), as well as providing detaile…
