Government and binding (GB, GBT) is a theory of syntax and a phrase structure grammar in the tradition of transformational grammar developed principally...
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conference and workshop held at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, in 1979. In this book, Chomsky presented his government and binding theory of syntax...
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1970s and, as the name implies, is a core component of government and binding theory. The following sentences illustrate some basic facts of binding. The...
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Generative grammar (redirect from Revised Extended Standard Theory)
as Government and binding theory and the Minimalist program. Other present-day generative models include Optimality theory, Categorial grammar, and Tree-adjoining...
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relation of government in government and binding theory, a phrase structure grammar, is an extension of the traditional notion of case government. Verbs govern...
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Theta role (redirect from Theta theory)
called theta roles "cases") and Gruber (1965). Theta roles are prominent in government and binding theory and the standard theory of transformational grammar...
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Empty category principle (redirect from Proper government)
(ECP) was proposed in Noam Chomsky's syntactic framework of government and binding theory. The ECP is supposed to be a universal syntactic constraint...
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and parameters as a grammar framework is also known as government and binding theory. That is, the two terms principles and parameters and government...
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incorporated into both transformational and nontransformational theories of syntax, including government and binding theory (GB), generalized phrase structure...
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Generalised beam theory, in structural engineering Global Bio-Chem, a Hong Kong biotechnology company Government and binding theory, in linguistics Great...
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Referent (section Etymology and meanings)
particularly since Noam Chomsky's launch of Government and Binding Theory (GBT) in the 1980s. The subject of binding is largely concerned with the possible...
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and is associated with so-called transformational or derivational theories of syntax (such as transformational grammar, government and binding theory...
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their experience. The book covers, in its first edition, government and binding theory, X-bar theory, theta role, movement, second-language acquisition (SLA)...
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Transformational grammar (redirect from Generative transformational theory)
rather than structure-changing. In the Extended Standard Theory and government and binding theory, GTs were abandoned in favor of recursive phrase structure...
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The binding phenomena found in natural languages was particularly important to the syntactic government and binding theory (see also: Binding (linguistics))...
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GB (section Businesses and organisations)
of magnetization named for English physicist William Gilbert Government and binding theory, in linguistics, by Noam Chomsky Guillain–Barré syndrome, an...
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dominates the other. In government and binding theory, m-command was used to define the central syntactic relation of government. However, it has been largely...
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In Noam Chomsky's government and binding theory in linguistics, an R-expression (short for "referring expression" (the linked article explains the different...
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Chomsky in 1973 and constitutes the main concept of the Government and Binding Theory. The revised definition of subjacency from Chomsky (1977) is as follows:...
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between lexical and functional categories plays a big role in Chomskyan grammars (Transformational Grammar, Government and Binding Theory, Minimalist Program)...
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linguistic theories incorporate deep roles in one or other form, such as the so-called Thematic structure in Government and Binding theory. It has also...
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C-command (section Binding Theory)
frameworks such as Binding Theory, which shows the syntactic relationship between pronouns and its antecedent. The binding theory framework was first...
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which sold over 30,000 copies and was the standard introduction to Chomsky's Government and Binding Theory for many years; and this was followed by an introduction...
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Pronoun (section Binding theory and antecedents)
Chomskyan government and binding theory. In this binding context, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English (such as himself and each other) are referred...
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Syntax (redirect from Grammar theory)
Structures in 1957) Government and binding theory (GB) (revised theory in the tradition of TG developed mainly by Chomsky in the 1970s and 1980s) Minimalist...
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of them have been developed from Chomsky's work, including Government and binding theory Generalized phrase structure grammar Head-driven phrase structure...
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PRO (linguistics) (section Binding theory)
principled solution for problems relating to binding theory. Within government and binding theory, the existence and distribution of PRO followed from the PRO...
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Theta criterion (section PRO and pro)
on x-bar theory that was first proposed by Noam Chomsky (1981) as a rule within the system of principles of the government and binding theory, called theta-theory...
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Minimalist program (redirect from Theory of minimalism)
Gert Webelhuth. 1995. Government and Binding Theory and the Minimalist Program: Principles and Parameters in Syntactic Theory. Wiley-Blackwell; Uriagereka...
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Predicate (grammar) (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
introduction to linguistic theory. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 9781118670910. Haegeman, L. (1994). Introduction to government and binding theory (2nd ed.). Oxford:...
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