Grammars and Grammaticality.

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Author / Creator:Kac, Michael B.
Imprint:Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992.
Description:1 online resource (269 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11279995
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ISBN:9789027277527
9027277524
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Summary:At the outset, the goal of generative grammar was the explication of an intuitive concept grammaticality (Chomsky 1957:13). But psychological goals have become primary, referred to as "linguistic competence", "language faculty", or, more recently, "I-language". Kac argues for the validity of the earlier goal of grammaticality and for a specific view of the relationship between the abstract, nonpsychological study of grammar and the investigation of the language faculty. The method of the book involves a formalization of traditional grammar, with emphasis on etiological analysis, that is, provi.
Other form:Print version: Kac, Michael B. Grammars and Grammaticality. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©1992 9789027235756