WHO IS AFFRAID OF GENERATIVE SYNTAX?

• Authors: Apse L.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Syntactic theories based on generative grammar frameworks seem to be hardly used in Latvia, if at all. Absence of this tradition in Latvia stems from the fact that Russian linguistic schools during the Soviet era were anti-generativist, and thus the approach was virtually inaccessible to the Soviet-ruled linguistic minority. In the West, generative theories are a strong pillar in current linguistic research, with a wide spectrum of research subjects and methodologies. This paper discusses the foundational views of generative grammar, draws principal distinctions among some generative frameworks and argues that functionalist and generativist positions may be regarded as complementary rather than incompatible.

Keywords

EN

FUNCTIONALIST POSITION; GENERATIVE GRAMMAR; GENERATIVIST POSITION

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: EPC Ltd (Economic Prognosis Centre), Riga, Latvia (till March 2009 - Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Ltd)
• Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 4(53)
• Pages: 77-89
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Apse L.

• L. Apse, University of Latvia, Faculty of Modern Languages, 4a Visvalza iela, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08LVAAAA03807630