X-bar theory: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Linguipedia (talk | contribs) from LP |
Haspelmath (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''X-bar theory''' is a [[generative linguistics|generative]] theory of language conceived by [[Noam A. Chomsky]]. Its main tenet is that all phrase structure (hence the X) can be reduced to recursive specifier-head configurations. | '''X-bar theory''' is a [[generative linguistics|generative]] theory of language conceived by [[Noam A. Chomsky]]. Its main tenet is that all phrase structure (hence the X) can be reduced to recursive specifier-head configurations. | ||
===Link=== | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-bar_theory Wikipedia article] | |||
===References=== | |||
{{:Chomsky 1970}} | |||
{{:Jackendoff 1977}} | |||
===Other languages=== | |||
*German [[X-Bar-Theorie]] | |||
{{dc}} | {{dc}} | ||
[[Category:Syntax]] | [[Category:Syntax]] | ||
[[Category:Generative grammar]] | [[Category:Generative grammar]] | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 7 July 2007
| STUB |
X-bar theory is a generative theory of language conceived by Noam A. Chomsky. Its main tenet is that all phrase structure (hence the X) can be reduced to recursive specifier-head configurations.
Link
References
Chomsky, Noam A. 1970. Remarks on nominalization. In: Jacobs, Roderick & Rosenbaum, P. (eds.) Reading in English Transformational Grammar, 184-221. Waltham, MA. Jackendoff, Ray 1977. X-bar syntax: A study of phrase structure. (Linguistic Inquiry Monograph 2.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Other languages
- German X-Bar-Theorie