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On the Notions "Optional" and "Obligatory" in Linguistics
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Sanders, Gerald A. – Linguistics, 1977
An examination of the predicates "optional" and "obligatory" is made that suggests that they are far more appropriately viewed as derived rather than primitive notions, whose appropriate attributions follow in all cases from independent linguistic facts and principles of a much more general and more generally significant character. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: English, Linguistic Theory, Phonology, Sentence Structure
Order of the Elements in the German Verb Constellation
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Esau, H. – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, German, Sentence Structure, Syntax
Presupposition and the Applicability of Rules
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Choon-Kyu Oh – Linguistics, 1974
The effect of presuppositions on the applicability of grammatical rules is discussed. It is argued that the speaker's presupposition may cause a grammatical rule to become optional. (RM)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Structure
A Proposed Transformational Rule
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Newman, John – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), Diagrams, Function Words, Nouns
Model Theory, Logic and Linguistics
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Droste, F. G. – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Diagrams, Linguistic Theory, Logic
Phrase Structure Rules for German
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Streadbeck, Arval L.; Grimshaw, Michael N. – Linguistics, 1974
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, German, Morphology (Languages), Nouns
On the Nominative Aspect of the Sentence
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Arutjunova, N. D. – Linguistics, 1974
Defines the difference between lexical and propositive nomination, and examines their interrelation. Clarification of syntactic problems allowed for by distinguishing nominative and communicative aspects of a sentence is discussed, and the relationship of semantic syntax to traditional syntactic theory is also discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Nouns
Rule Matrices for Syntactic Deep Structure
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Kenyon, Roger A. – Linguistics, 1974
Descriptors: Algorithms, Deep Structure, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Sur la fonction semantique des constructions syntaxiques en francais (On the Semantic Function of Syntactic Constructions in French)
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Hupet, Michel – Linguistics, 1973
Research supported by the Fonds National belge de la Recherche Scientifique. (DD)
Descriptors: French, Kernel Sentences, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance
A Sketch of Tone Rules Required for a Generative Transformational Grammar of Ga, a Terraced Level Tone Language
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Trutenau, H. M. J. – Linguistics, 1972
Descriptors: African Languages, Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Ga
Generating the Sentence Adverb
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O'Neal, Cothburn – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Adverbs, Diagrams, Form Classes (Languages), Idioms
Monitors: Mediators of Grammar and Lexicon
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Malone, Joseph L. – Linguistics, 1971
Revised and expanded version of a paper read to the Fifteenth Annual Conference on Linguistics, New York City, March 14, 1970. (VM)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Ambiguity, Descriptive Linguistics, Idioms
Patient and Agent Orientation in Passive and Active Voice Sentences of English and Portuguese. Or: How Much of a Case? Or: Left without a Trace
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Brakel, C. Arthur – Linguistics, 1976
The purpose of this paper is to examine process- and agent-oriented sentences from the point of view of two theories of grammatical description: case grammar after Fillmore and tranformational grammar with modifications introduced by Chomsky. Subject and object functions are reflected in the initial structures of sentence derivation, regardless of…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, English, Portuguese
Some Style Rules for a Transformational Grammar
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Russell, William M. – Linguistics, 1975
The linguist does not usually describe grammatical structures of stylized sentences because there are none well-formed on the surface. He could use rules for organizational and relational features of the grammar which affect the last lines of generation to produce deviant but acceptable linguistic forms, thereby increasing the predictive power of…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Language Styles, Language Usage
Syntax and Social Class
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Callary, Robert E. – Linguistics, 1975
This study investigates the relationship between social class membership and certain syntactic variables within a generative-transformational linguistic framework. Fourteen syntactic items are considered. Linguistic performance is more variable and complex within the higher ranking groups. (TL)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Language Variation, Phrase Structure, Semantics
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