Non-Transformational Syntax: Formal and Explicit Models of Grammar

This authoritative introduction explores the four main non-transformational syntactic frameworks: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, and Simpler Syntax. It also considers a range of issues that arise in connection with these approaches, including questions about processing and acquisition.

• An authoritative introduction to the main alternatives to transformational grammar
• Includes introductions to three long-established non-transformational syntactic frameworks: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Grammar, and Categorial Grammar, along with the recently developed Simpler Syntax
• Brings together linguists who have developed and shaped these theories to illustrate the central properties of these frameworks and how they handle some of the main phenomena of syntax
• Discusses a range of issues that arise in connection with non-transformational approaches, including processing and acquisition

Keywords: grammar, lexical-functional, minimalist syntax, HPSG, categorical grammar, Simpler Syntax