ABSTRACT

This volume draws together fourteen previously published papers which explore the nature of mental grammar through a formal, generative approach. The book begins by outlining the development of formal grammar in the last fifty years, with a particular focus on the work of Noam Chomsky, and moves into an examination of a diverse set of phenomena in various languages that shed light on theory and model construction. Many of the papers focus on comparisons between English and Norwegian, highlighting the importance of comparative approaches to the study of language. With a comprehensive collection of papers that demonstrate the richness of formal approaches, this volume is key reading for students and scholars interested in the study of grammar.

chapter |15 pages

Introduction 1

part A|212 pages

Transformational Constraints

chapter 2|23 pages

Noam Chomsky

A Selected Annotated Bibliographywith Howard Lasnik

chapter 3|28 pages

Comp-t Effects

Variation in the Position and Features of C

chapter 4|36 pages

Freezing Effects and Objects 1

part B|139 pages

The Syntax–Semantics Interface

chapter 8|34 pages

Negative Concord and (Multiple) Agree

A Case Study Of West Flemish *

chapter 9|22 pages

Medial Adjunct PPs in English

Implications for the Syntax of Sentential Negation*

chapter 11|49 pages

Interrogatives, Instructions, and I-Languages

An I-Semantics for Questions 1

part C|74 pages

Multilingualism and Formal Grammar

chapter 13|32 pages

Language Mixing and Exoskeletal Theory

A Case Study of Word-Internal Mixing in American Norwegian *

chapter 14|30 pages

Grammatical Gender in American Norwegian Heritage Language

Stability or Attrition? *