In this paper we will see briefly Chomsky’s notions about generative grammar and its main components. Then, we will see an explanation about the difference between grammar and theory of language.
Generative grammar can be defined as a set of rules which deals with sentences in a given language.There are different types of generative grammar, and one of them was developed by Chomsky around 1950. We can have further approach to this grammar by watching the video below:
Secondly, generative grammar is formed by the following 3 components: syntactic component, which it is related to the interpretation of a sentence; phonological component, which is given by the syntactic rules that are responsible of the phonetic forms of a sentence; semantic component, which allows the interpretation of a sentence. In the case of the syntactic component, according to Chomsky (1965: 16) “it must specify, for each sentence, a deep structure that determines its semantic interpretation and a surface structure that determines its phonetic interpretation.”
Thirdly, grammar and theory of language are different. While grammar is in charge of providing sentences and allows the analysis of such sentences, a theory of language provides a language with a suitable grammar.
ABSTRACT
In this post, we will see what a generative grammar is according to Chomsky, as well as one of the types of generative grammar: transformational grammar. Moreover, we will see a brief explanation about the components of a generative grammar, including the syntactic, phonological, and semantic component. Together with this we will find what their function in language is. Finally, a distinction between grammar and theory of language will be provided, based on Harman’s explanation.
Keywords: Chomsky, components, function, generative grammar, Harman, language, theory of language, transformational grammar.
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