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001 2011041129
003 DLC
005 20120423175741.0
008 111007s2012 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011041129
020 $a9781107011946
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aP151$b.S13 2012
082 00 $a415/.018$223
084 $aLAN000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSadock, Jerrold M.
245 14 $aThe modular architecture of grammar /$cJerrold M. Sadock.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
300 $axi, 269 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aCambridge studies in linguistics ;$vv. 132
520 $a"Modular grammar postulates several autonomous generative systems interacting with one another as opposed to the prevailing theory of transformational grammar where there is a single generative component - the syntax - from which other representations are derived. In this book Jerrold Sadock develops his influential theory of grammar, formalizing several generative modules that independently characterize the levels of syntax, semantics, role structure, morphology and linear order, as well as an interface system that connects them. Multi-modular grammar provides simpler, more intuitive analyses of grammatical phenomena and allows for greater empirical coverage than prevailing styles of grammar. The book illustrates this with a wide-ranging analysis of English grammatical phenomena, including raising, control, passive, inversion, do-support, auxiliary verbs and ellipsis. The modules are simple enough to be cast as phrase structure grammars and are presented in sufficient detail to make descriptions of grammatical phenomena more explicit than the approximate accounts offered in other studies"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Autonomous modularity: syntax and semantics; 2. The interface; 3. Role structure; 4. The linear order component; 5. Morphology and morphophonology; 6. Gaps and other defective elements; 7. Conflict resolution; 8. Tough 'movement': a tough construction.
650 0 $aGrammar, Comparative and general.
650 0 $aGenerative grammar.
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/11946/cover/9781107011946.jpg
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1201/2011041129-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1201/2011041129-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1201/2011041129-t.html