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Structuralism - Ferdinand de Saussure

Chomsky

Standard theory

• Phrase structure rules + lexicon -> deep structure
• Deep structure --> surface structure through transformations
• surface structure --> phonology

Government and binding theory

• X' theory + lexicon -> D structure
• D structure --(move α)--> S-structure --> PF,LF
• Principles and parameters

Minimalism

• No surface or deep structures
• Lexical items combine through MERGE governed by constraints
• Outputs : PF to articulation, LF to conceptual/intention system

1. Syntactic Structures (1957). The Hague: Mouton. Reprint. Berlin and New York (1985).
2. Chomsky (1965). Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
3. Chomsky (1965). Cartesian Linguistics. New York: Harper and Row. Reprint. Cartesian Linguistics. A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1986.
4. Chomsky, Noam, and Morris Halle (1968). The Sound Pattern of English. New York: Harper & Row.
5. Chomsky (1981). Lectures on Government and Binding: The Pisa Lectures. Holland: Foris Publications. Reprint. 7th Edition. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1993.
6. Chomsky (1986). Barriers. Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Thirteen. Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press.
7. Chomsky, Noam (1995). The Minimalist Program. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

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