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Approaches to Syntax
This volume is an enhanced version of the English translation from the French original edition 'Principes d'analyse syntaxique' (Québec, 1973). It provides a survey of theoretical approaches to syntax, including traditional grammars, structuralism, functionalism, and formal approaches.
[Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa, 5] 1982. viii, 282 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 7 November 2011
Published online on 7 November 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Foreword | pp. 1–2
- The Scientific Study of Human Language | pp. 3–12
- Traditional Grammars | pp. 13–24
- The Emergence of Linguistic Structuralism | pp. 25–34
- Martinet's Functional Syntax | pp. 35–44
- Tesniere's Structural Syntax | pp. 45–58
- Pike's Tagmemics | pp. 59–70
- The London School | pp. 71–86
- Formal Syntax | pp. 87–98
- Bloomfieldian Syntax | pp. 99–110
- Stratificational Grammars | pp. 111–122
- String Analysis | pp. 123–134
- Automata and Syntax | pp. 135–144
- Transformations | pp. 145–158
- Generative Grammar | pp. 159–170
- Recent Developments in Transformational Generative Grammar | pp. 171–202
- Stepwise Grammars | pp. 203–222
- Syntax and Semantics; Form and Function | pp. 223–228
- Footnotes | pp. 229–246
- Index | pp. 273–282
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