Lexical Functional Grammar
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Author | : Kersti Börjars |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2019-06-20 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1107170567 |
A step-by-step introduction to lexical-functional grammar, using data from English and a range of typologically diverse languages.
Author | : Mary Dalrymple |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2001-08-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 184950010X |
Presents an overview and introduction to Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG), a theory of the content and representation of different aspects of linguistic structure and the relations that hold between them. This book also presents a theory of semantics and the syntax-semantics interface.
Author | : Stefan Müller |
Publisher | : Language Science Press |
Total Pages | : 879 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3961102732 |
This book introduces formal grammar theories that play a role in current linguistic theorizing (Phrase Structure Grammar, Transformational Grammar/Government & Binding, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Construction Grammar, Tree Adjoining Grammar). The key assumptions are explained and it is shown how the respective theory treats arguments and adjuncts, the active/passive alternation, local reorderings, verb placement, and fronting of constituents over long distances. The analyses are explained with German as the object language. The second part of the book compares these approaches with respect to their predictions regarding language acquisition and psycholinguistic plausibility. The nativism hypothesis, which assumes that humans posses genetically determined innate language-specific knowledge, is critically examined and alternative models of language acquisition are discussed. The second part then addresses controversial issues of current theory building such as the question of flat or binary branching structures being more appropriate, the question whether constructions should be treated on the phrasal or the lexical level, and the question whether abstract, non-visible entities should play a role in syntactic analyses. It is shown that the analyses suggested in the respective frameworks are often translatable into each other. The book closes with a chapter showing how properties common to all languages or to certain classes of languages can be captured.
Author | : Paul Kroeger |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2004-04-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521016544 |
Analyzing Syntax: A Lexical-Functional Approach is a comprehensive and accessible 2004 textbook on syntactic analysis, designed for students of linguistics at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Working within the 'Lexical Functional Grammar' (LFG) approach, it provides students with a framework for analyzing and describing grammatical structure, using extensive examples from both European and non-European languages. Topics covered include: tests for constituency, passivization and other relation-changing processes, reflexive pronouns, the control relation, Topic and Focus, relative clauses and Wh-questions, causative constructions, serial verbs, 'quirky case', and ergativity. As well as building on what linguists have learned about language in general, particular attention is paid to the unique features of individual languages. While its primary focus is on syntactic structure, the book also deals with aspects of meaning, function and word-structure that are directly relevant to syntax. Clearly organised into topics, this textbook is ideal for one-semester courses in syntax and grammatical analysis.
Author | : Joan Bresnan |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 549 |
Release | : 2015-08-31 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1405187816 |
Lexical-Functional Syntax, 2nd Edition, the definitive text for Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) with a focus on syntax, is updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Provides both an introduction to LFG and a synthesis of major theoretical developments in lexical-functional syntax over the past few decades Includes in-depth discussions of a large number of syntactic phenomena from typologically diverse languages Features extensive problem sets and solutions in each chapter to aid in self-study Incorporates reader feedback from the 1st Edition to correct errors and enhance clarity
Author | : Mary Dalrymple |
Publisher | : Center for the Study of Language (CSLI) |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1995-11-24 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781881526377 |
Lexical-Functional Grammar was first developed by Joan Bresnan and Ronald M. Kaplan in the late 1970s, and was designed to serve as a medium for expressing and explaining important generalisations about the syntax of human languages and thus to serve as a vehicle for independent linguistic research. An equally important goal was to provide a restricted, mathematically tractable notation that could be interpreted by psychologically plausible and computationally efficient processing mechanisms. The formal architecture of LFG provides a simple set of devices for describing the common properties of all human languages and the particular properties of individual languages. This volume presents work conducted over the past several years at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Stanford University, and elsewhere. The different sections link mathematical and computational issues and the analysis of particular linguistic phenomena in areas such as wh-constructions, anaphoric binding, word order and coordination.
Author | : Yehuda N. Falk |
Publisher | : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Lexical-functional grammar |
ISBN | : |
With this textbook, Yehuda N. Falk provides an introduction to the theory of Lexical-Functional Grammar, aimed at both students and professionals who are familiar with other generative theories and now wish to approach LFG. Falk examines LFG's relation to more conventional theories—like Government/Binding or the Minimalism Program—and, in many respects, establishes its superiority.
Author | : Hella Olbertz |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027230463 |
In functional grammar, the lexicon plays a central role. Lexical items form the basic building blocks around which the structure of a clause is built. This book examines 5 aspects of the role of the lexicon in functional grammar.
Author | : Mary Dalrymple |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 856 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0198733305 |
"The authors provide detailed and extensive coverage of the analysis of syntax, semantics, morphology, prosody, and information structure, and how these aspects of linguistic structure interact in the nontransformational framework of LFG. / The volume will be [a ...] reference for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and researchers in a wide range of linguistic sub-fields, including syntax, morphology, semantics, information structure, and prosody, as well as those working in language documentation and description." - Verlag.
Author | : Marcel den Dikken |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1412 |
Release | : 2013-07-25 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1107354587 |
Syntax – the study of sentence structure – has been at the centre of generative linguistics from its inception and has developed rapidly and in various directions. The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax provides a historical context for what is happening in the field of generative syntax today, a survey of the various generative approaches to syntactic structure available in the literature and an overview of the state of the art in the principal modules of the theory and the interfaces with semantics, phonology, information structure and sentence processing, as well as linguistic variation and language acquisition. This indispensable resource for advanced students, professional linguists (generative and non-generative alike) and scholars in related fields of inquiry presents a comprehensive survey of the field of generative syntactic research in all its variety, written by leading experts and providing a proper sense of the range of syntactic theories calling themselves generative.