Series editor’s preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 1.1. Underlying principles 1.2. Practical basics 1.3. Notational variants 1.4. Further reading 2. A brief history 2.1. The evolution of linguistic theory 2.2. Origins of the formalist enterprise 2.3. Origins of categorial grammar 2.3.1. Mathematics 2.3.2. Natural language syntax 2.3.3. Formal semantics 2.4. Synthesis and renaissance 2.5. Further reading 3. Classical categorial grammar: the Lambek calculus 3.1. Application 3.2. Associativity 3.3. Composition 3.4. Raising 3.5. Division 3.6. Further reading 4. Generalized categorial grammars 4.1. Extending the set of ‘atomic’ categories 4.2. Extending the set of connectives 4.3. Extending the set of rules 4.3.1. Recursion 4.3.2. Permutation 4.3.3. Contraction and expansion 4.4. Combinatory categorial grammar 4.5. Unification categorial grammars 4.6. Further reading 5. Current practice 5.1. Phonology 5.2. Morphology 5.3. Syntax 5.3.1. Passives 5.3.2. ‘Raising’ and ‘control’ 5.3.3. Curious dependencies: unbounded, discontinuous, multiple and crossing 5.3.4. Coordination 5.3.5. Gapping 6. Current issues 6.1. Semantics 6.2. Word order 6.3. Language universals and psychological plausibility 6.4. Logic 6.5. Complexity 6.6. Parsing 7. Overview and prospect. References. Name index. Categories index. Subject index
Biography
Mary McGee Wood
