The explanatory power of linguistic theory

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents 1
3. Part I: Syntactic Structures
4. Preface 5
5. Table of contents 9
6. 1. Introduction 11
7. 2. The independence of grammar 13
8. 3. An elementary linguistic theory 18
9. 4. Phrase Structure 26
10. 5. Limitations of Phrase Structure Descriptions 34
11. 6. On the Goals of Linguistic Theory 49
12. 7. Some Transformations in English 61
13. 8. The Explanatory power of linguistic Theory 85
14. 9. Syntax and semantics 92
15. 10. Summary 106
16. 11. Appendix I: Natations and Terminology 109
17. 12. Appendix II: Exemples of English Phrase structure and transformational rules 111
18. Bibliography 115
19. Part II: Syntactic Structures after 60 Years
20. Acknowledgements 121
21. Introduction 123
22. Syntactic Structures. Some retrospective comments 131
23. Syntactic Structures: Formal Foundations 137
24. The Autonomy of Syntax 153
25. Revolutionary New Ideas Appear Infrequently 177
26. Acceptability judgments and grammaticality, prospects and challenges 195
27. The explanatory power of linguistic theory 225
28. Kernel sentences, phrase structure grammars, and theta roles 241
29. Transformations in the Quest for a Simpler, more Elegant Theory 255
30. Grammatical vs. Lexical Formatives 283
31. Syntactic Structures and Morphology 301
32. Constructions 317
33. Meanings via Syntactic Structures 331
34. Back to the Future: Non-generation, filtration, and the heartbreak of interfacedriven minimalism 355
35. English verbs in Syntactic Structures 381
36. Passive 403
37. Discovering syntactic variation 427