1st Edition

Primitive Elements of Grammatical Theory Papers by Jean-Roger Vergnaud and His Collaborators

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

This book is a compilation of manuscripts and publications from 2001-2010 by Jean-Roger Vergnaud, in collaboration with colleagues and students. This work is guided by the scientific belief that broader mathematical principles should guide linguistic inquiry, as they guide classical biology and physics. From this, Vergnaud’s hypotheses take the representation of the computational component of... Read more

1. Introduction Katherine McKinney-Bock and Maria Luisa Zubizarreta  2. Exquisite connections: some remarks on the evolution of linguistic theory Robert Freidin and Jean-Roger Vergnaud  3. On a Certain Notion of "Occurrence:" The source of metrical structure and much more Jean-Roger Vergnaud  4. Generalizing the Notion of "Occurrence" Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung  5. Some Explanatory Avatars of Conceptual Necessity: Elements of UG Jean-Roger Vergnaud  6. Grafts and Beyond: Graph Theoretic Syntax Katherine McKinney-Bock and Jean-Roger Vergnaud  7. On Merge-markers and Nominal Structures Wei-wen Roger Liao and Jean-Roger Vergnaud

Biography

Katherine McKinney-Bock recently completed her PhD in Department of Linguistics at the University of Southern California, USA and is joining Reed College for the academic year 2013–14 as a visiting assistant professor of linguistics.

Maria Luisa Zubizarreta is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Southern California, USA.