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Intonation and Context
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Hirst, D. J. – Linguistics, 1974
A coherent theory of intonation in relation to syntax has not yet been formulated, partly because there is no satisfactory theory of context within a transformational generative grammar, and partly because intonation studies have been concerned with phonetic descriptions of intonation contours. This article calls for an intonation theory. (CK)
Descriptors: Intonation, Linguistic Theory, Phonetics, Phonology
Tree Grammars: I. A Formalism for Syntactic Transformations in Natural Languages
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Gladkuj, A. V.; Mel'cuk, I. A. – Linguistics, 1975
Discusses two causes of what is considered here the inadequacy of generative grammars. (RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Grammar, Linguistic Theory
On Reflexives in English
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Helke, Michael – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure
The Japanese Copula: A Dummy?
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Wenck, G. – Linguistics, 1973
Discussion of whether the Japanese copula can adequately be described as a dummy, i.e., as an element which although existing in the surface structure can be dispensed with in the deep structure of a sentence; based on a paper read at the 1970 meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Prague, Czechoslovakia. (RS)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Japanese
Descriptions of Deep Structures Are Translations into Artificial Languages
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Hermanns, Fritz – Linguistics, 1973
Endorsement to adopt the language of the predicate calculus as a standard means of describing deep structures. Its adoption would facilitate the exchange of ideas between linguistics and logicians. (RS)
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Deep Structure, Evaluation Criteria, Logic
Problems of Syntax and Semantics in the Works of Charles Fillmore
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Arutjunova, N. D. – Linguistics, 1975
Treats the general linguistic aspect of Fillmore's theories. (RM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Language Universals
Structural-Functional Models in Syntax
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Krivonosov, A. T. – Linguistics, 1973
Translation of the original Russian article which appeared in Voprosy jazykoznanija'' 1, 1970. (DD)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Form Classes (Languages), German, Models
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
Qualifying and Relational Terms as Linguistic Universals
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Droste, F. G. – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Function Words, Kernel Sentences, Language Universals
A Deep Structure Solution to the Critical Problem of Form and Content
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Stanley, Julia P. – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Critical Reading, Deep Structure, Diagrams
On the Multiple Subject Construction in Korean
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Park, Byung-Soo – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Diagrams, Korean
The Structure-Preserving Constraint and the Universal Base Hypothesis
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Kravif, Diane – Linguistics, 1973
Revised version of a paper supported by a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship. The universal base hypothesis states that all natural languages utilize the same base component in their transformational grammars. (DD)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Diagrams, Generative Grammar, Language Universals