Syntatic Structures
Bloomfield
Principles and Parameters Theory
Minimalist Program
Generative Grammar
100
The book written by Chomsky in which he began to revolutionize the study of language
What is Syntactic Structures?
100
What did Bloomfieldian linguistics emphasize as far as referring to an actual utterance that has the ability to be broken down by syntactic analysis?
What is surface structure?
100
The invariants of human language are known as
What is principles?
100
Chomsky further modified his concepts with formulation of what is called ____
What is minimalism?
100
There are many different types of generative grammar. What is one type of grammar that was postulated by Chomsky?
What is transformational grammar?
200
What did Chomsky break with the dominant school of thought in linguistics?
What is the structural approach?
200
What is the highly abstract level of language representing the meaning of a sentence?
What is deep structure?
200
What are known as the points of cross-linguistic variations?
What is parameters?
200
In what year specifically did Chomsky evolve the minimalist program?
What is 1995?
200
How would you describe generative grammar?
What is study of syntax by specific approach?
300
What were the two topics that influenced his ideas?
What is logic and mathematics?
300
As Chomskian approach has been called the mentalist approach, what is the Bloomfieldian approach known as?
What is mechanistic approach?
300
In what decade did Chomsky introduce the Principles and Parameters theory?
What is 1980s?
300
What is the main point of the minimalist approach?
What is there is one single grammatical approach for all languages?
300
What is something that is contrasted in generative grammar by Chomsky?
What is grammatical vs ungrammatical contrasts
400
What year was Syntactic Structures published?
What is 1957?
400
What is the term used for a rigid set of learned rules that are used to form grammatical utterances?
What is mechanistic approach?
400
The Principles and Parameters theory formulates the idea that even though there are variation in languages, the differences in languages may have specific ___.
What is limitations?
400
What other idea by Chomsky was thrown out when he created the Minimalist program?
What is deep and surface structure?
400
At what age range would generative grammar affect you the most?
What is childhood?
500
What decade did Chomsky evolve the structural approach?
What is 1950s?
500
The mechanistic approach can NOT explain what?
What is things accounted for by the mentalist approach?
500
True/False: Principles and Parameters are innately determined, but through childhood they separate.
What is true?
500
What idea/theory competes with the minimalist program?
What is syntax?
500
Four components of generative grammar?
What is phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics?
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