Word grammar
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Word grammar is a grammar model developed by Richard Hudson in the 1980s. It is based on the dependency grammar model, in which information is almost entirely contained in the lexical entries for particular words, and syntax is seen as consisting primarily of rules for combining words. The central syntactic relation is that of dependency between words; constituent structure is not recognized except in the special case of coordinate structures. Statements about words and their properties form a complex network of propositions.
Word grammar began in the tradition of cognitive linguistics, which models language as part of general knowledge and not as a specialised mental faculty.[1] This is in contrast to the nativism of Noam Chomsky and his students. More recent work on Word Grammar cites neurocognitive linguistics as a source of inspiration. In neurocognitive linguistics, the notion that human beings are born with an innate predisposition to language is not ruled out.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Word Grammar: New Perspectives on a Theory of Language Structure, Kensei Sugayama, et al., 2006, p.xv. ISBN 0826486452
- ^ "Language as a Real Biological System", in Selected Writings of Sydney Lamb: Language and Reality, Sydney Lamb, et al. p.243. ISBN 0826492975
[edit] External links
- General introduction
- Word grammar presented in an encyclopedic style
- Jasper, Holmes (2005). "Lexical properties of English verbs (Phd thesis)" (PDF (341 pages)). . University of London Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
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