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\title{Grammatical theory}
\subtitle{From transformational grammar to constraint-based approaches}
\author{Stefan Müller\newline
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\translator{Andrew Murphy, Stefan Müller}
\proofreader{%
Viola Auermann,
Armin Buch,
Andreea Calude,
Rong Chen,
Matthew Czuba,
Leonel de Alencar,
Christian Döhler,
Joseph T. Farquharson,
Andreas Hölzl,
Gianina Iordăchioaia,
Paul Kay,
Anne Kilgus,
Sandra Kübler,
Timm Lichte,
Antonio Machicao y Priemer,
Michelle Natolo,
Stephanie Natolo,
Sebastian Nordhoff,
Parviz Parsafar,
Conor Pyle,
Daniela Schröder,
Eva Schultze-Berndt,
Alec Shaw,
Benedikt Singpiel,
Anelia Stefanova,
Neal Whitman,
Viola Wiegand}
\openreviewer{%
Armin Buch,
Leonel de Alencar,
Andreas Hölzl,
Gianina Iordăchioaia,
Paul Kay,
Dick Hudson,
Paul Kay,
Timm Lichte,
Antonio Machicao y Priemer,
Andrew McIntyre,
Arne Nymos,
Sebastian Nordhoff,
Neal Whitman
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\BackTitle{Grammatical theory}
\BackBody{This book introduces formal grammar theories that play a role in current linguistic theorizing (Phrase Structure Grammar,
Transformational Grammar/Government \& Binding, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical
Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Construction
Grammar, Tree Adjoining Grammar). The key assumptions are explained and it is shown how the
respective theory treats arguments and adjuncts, the active/passive alternation, local
reorderings, verb placement, and fronting of constituents over long distances. The analyses are
explained with German as the object language.
The second part of the book compares these approaches with respect to their predictions regarding language
acquisition and psycholinguistic plausibility. The nativism hypothesis, which assumes that humans
posses genetically determined innate language-specific knowledge, is critically examined and
alternative models of language acquisition are discussed. The second part then addresses controversial issues
of current theory building such as the question of flat or binary branching structures being more appropriate, the question whether constructions should be treated on the phrasal or the lexical level, and the question whether abstract, non-visible entities should play a role in syntactic analyses. It is shown that the analyses suggested
in the respective frameworks are often translatable into each other. The book closes with a chapter
showing how properties common to all languages or to certain classes of languages can be
captured.
\smallskip
\vfill
``With this critical yet fair reflection on various grammatical theories, Müller fills what has been a major gap in the literature.'' \href{http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/zrs-2012-0040}{Karen Lehmann, \textit{Zeitschrift für Rezensionen zur germanistischen Sprachwissenschaft}, 2012}
\smallskip
``Stefan Müller’s recent introductory textbook, ``Grammatiktheorie'', is an astonishingly
comprehensive and insightful survey of the present state of syntactic
theory for beginning students.'' \href{http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2012-0010}{Wolfgang Sternefeld und Frank Richter, \textit{Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft}, 2012}
\smallskip
``This is the kind of work that has been sought after for a while. [\dots] The impartial and objective discussion offered by the author is particularly refreshing.'' \href{http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/germ-2011-537}{Werner Abraham, \textit{Germanistik}, 2012}
}
\dedication{For Max}
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