Introduction To Generative Transformational Syntax

Download or read book Introduction to Generative-transformational Syntax written by Carl Lee Baker and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1978 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a course-level introduction to the theory of generative grammar of natural languages. This theory considers grammar to be a system of rules that generate exactly those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language and involves the use of defined operations (called transformations) to produce new sentences from existing ones.