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Peer reviewedNilsen, Don L. F. – College English, 1977
Describes three types of generative rules in transformational grammar. (DD)
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Generalization, Linguistic Theory, Transformational Generative Grammar
Peer reviewedHeny, Frank W. – College English, 1972
This book is an attempt to argue that transformational grammar, as a theory of language, is misconceived. (Author)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Linguistic Theory, Semantics, Structural Analysis
Peer reviewedKintgen, Eugene R. – College English, 1974
Presently, transformational grammar has more harm than good to offer literary criticism. (JH)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Peer reviewedShopen, Tim – College English, 1974
Ideas or messages transmitted by language are not the same as grammatically determined meaning. (JH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Grammar, Language
Peer reviewedAlgeo, John – College English, 1972
The three books under review show what flux the English language has undergone and continues to undergo, and how stable grammatical theory has been until recent times. (Author)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, History, Language Styles, Language Usage
Download full textChomsky, Noam – College English, 1966
Two traditions are distinguishable in modern linguistic theory: the tradition of "universal grammar" which flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the tradition of structural or descriptive linguistics which reached its peak 15 or 20 years ago. Universal grammar was concerned with (1) the relation of deep structure to surface forms and to…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, English Instruction, Grammar
