An Introduction to Transformational GrammarThis volume, originally published by Winthrop Publishers in 1977, discusses transformational grammar in relation to traditional and structural grammar, enabling students to relate the theory to what they already know about grammar. Although all important technical terms and processes are presented, non-technical language is used as much as possible. Examples from literature and from actual language usage are employed throughout the book, and one section is devoted to practical applications to writing, reading, and literary criticism, and the understanding of dialects. A comprehensive glossary is provided. |
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Contents
A Brief History of the Study of Grammar | 1 |
The View Creates the Object | 3 |
Traditional Grammar | 4 |
Historical Grammar | 11 |
Structural Grammar | 14 |
Transformational Grammar | 19 |
A Transformational Grammar | 33 |
Linguistic Competence and the Goals of Transformational Grammar | 35 |
Affix Hopping | 111 |
The Indirect Object Switch | 115 |
The Passive Transformation | 120 |
The Negative Transformation | 128 |
Interrogative Transformations | 137 |
The Emphatic Transformation | 153 |
The Imperative Transformation | 158 |
Pronominalization | 163 |
Phrase Structure Rules | 39 |
The Sentence | 48 |
The Noun Phrase | 55 |
The Auxiliary | 65 |
The Verb Phrase | 76 |
Lexical Features and Selectional Restrictions | 86 |
Transformational Processes | 97 |
Segment Structure or Local Transformations | 105 |
The Agreement Rule | 108 |
Relative Clauses | 176 |
Complementation | 189 |
Conjunction | 200 |
Applications of Transformational Grammar | 207 |
A Glossary of Grammatical Terms | 233 |
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Common terms and phrases
adjective shift adverb affix hopping analysis appear auxiliary verb Bill Bob lost bought buy a book called category symbol Chomsky complementizer conjunction constituent deep structure deletion determiner dialects embedded sentence Emph English Grammar factive following sentences function gram group of words human indicates indirect object indirect object switch interrogative Jane John past language lexical linguistic linking verbs main verb mass nouns mation matrix meaning modal models of transformational morpheme Noam Chomsky node noun phrase NP VP obligatory occur optional transformations passive transformation past participle past tense perfect aspect phrase marker phrase structure rules plural predicate preposition pres pron relative clause relative pronoun rewriting sample sentences selectional restrictions semantic speaker string structural description structural grammar student subject noun phrase subject NP surface structure surprised Mary syntax tence tion traditional grammar transformational grammar transitive verb tree diagrams verb phrase walk wh word
Bibliographic information
| Title | An Introduction to Transformational Grammar G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Diane Bornstein |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 1977 |
| ISBN | 081913905X, 9780819139054 |
| Length | 260 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation |
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