The modular architecture of grammar / Jerrold M. Sadock.

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"Modular grammar postulates several autonomous generative systems interacting with one another as opposed to the prevailing theory of transformational grammar where there is a single generative component - the syntax - from which other representations are derived. In this book Jerrold Sadock develop...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 132.
Main Author:	Sadock, Jerrold M.
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:	Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 132.
Subjects:	Grammar, Comparative and general. Generative grammar.
Physical Description:	xi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Also issued online.
Format:	Book

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Autonomous modularity: syntax and semantics; 2. The interface; 3. Role structure; 4. The linear order component; 5. Morphology and morphophonology; 6. Gaps and other defective elements; 7. Conflict resolution; 8. Tough 'movement': a tough construction.