Arc Pair Grammar

Arc pair grammar is a new, extensively formalized, theory of the grammatical structure of natural languages. As an outgrowth of relational grammar, it constitutes a theoretical alternative to the long-dominant generative transformational approach to linguistics. In this work, David Johnson and Paul Postal offer the first comprehensive presentation of this theoretical framework, which provides entirely new notions of all the basic concepts of grammatical theory: sentence, language, rule, and grammar.

Originally published in 1981.

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David E. Johnson & Paul M. Postal

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Arc pair grammar is a new, extensively formalized, theory of the grammatical structure of natural languages. As an outgrowth of relational grammar, it constitutes a theoretical alternative to the long-dominant generative transformational approach to linguistics. In this work, David Johnson and Paul Postal offer the first comprehensive presentation

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• Authors: David Johnson, David E. Johnson, David E. Postal Johnson, Paul Postal, Paul M. Postal, Postal Paul M.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691615585
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61558-5
• No. of pages: 754
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Grammar & vocabulary, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation