Selected Readings on Transformational Theory
By Noam Chomsky
- Release Date: 2012-03-07
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
These cogent essays on linguistic theory explore the distinguished author and educator's influential concept of generative grammar. The readings form a coherent outline of transformational theory, Chomsky's controversial challenge to structural linguistics. Topics include syntactic structure, features, and categories; phonology, syntax, and semantics; language acquisition; and language teaching.