"In linguistics, transformational grammar (TG) or transformational-generative grammar (TGG) is part of the theory of generative grammar, especially of natural languages."
Transformational grammar is a model of grammar that emphasizes the generation of sentences through a series of transformations. This approach seeks to explain how different sentence structures can be produced from a set of basic rules and principles.
Sentence structure: The basic syntax of a sentence including subject, verb, and object.
Phrase structure: How different words and groups of words form phrases and how phrases are combined to form sentences.
Grammatical categories: The system of categories used to classify words in different languages, including tense, aspect, mood, and voice.
Constituent Structure: How complex sentences can be broken down into smaller units, known as constituents, and how these constituents interact with each other.
Universal Grammar: The idea that there are innate principles and rules common to all languages that shape the structure of grammar.
Deep structure and surface structure: The distinction between the underlying structure of a sentence and its surface manifestation.
X-bar theory: A framework for understanding how phrases are structured and how they interact with each other.
Movement and transformation rules: The process by which words or phrases move from one location to another within a sentence or undergo changes in form or meaning.
Binding theory: The study of how pronouns and other referential expressions are linked to nouns in a sentence.
Case theory: The study of how nouns are marked for grammatical case, which reflects their syntactic and semantic role in a sentence.
Standard Transformational Grammar (STG): Standard Transformational Grammar (STG) is a linguistic framework that studies the hierarchical structure and transformations of sentences, aiming to explain the syntax and grammar patterns in human language.
Extended Standard Theory (EST): Extended Standard Theory (EST) is an extension of Standard Theory that aims to provide a more comprehensive framework for understanding syntactic structures and the transformational processes that occur within them.
Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG): Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) is a syntactic framework that focuses on the combination of lexical and functional information to analyze sentence structure.
Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG): Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG) is a grammar framework that analyzes linguistic structures based on a hierarchical system of phrase structure rules with features.
Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG): Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) is a syntactic framework that analyzes sentence structure based on the order and properties of the heads of phrases rather than the traditional method of hierarchical phrase structure.
Minimalism: Minimalism, a framework within Transformational Grammar, aims to minimize syntactic operations and structures while accounting for the essential aspects of language.
"It considers grammar to be a system of rules that generate exactly those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language."
"It involves the use of defined operations (called transformations) to produce new sentences from existing ones."
"The method is commonly associated with American linguist Noam Chomsky."
"Generative algebra was first introduced to general linguistics by the structural linguist Louis Hjelmslev."
"The method was described before him by Albert Sechehaye in 1908."
"Chomsky adopted the concept of transformations from his teacher Zellig Harris, who followed the American descriptivist separation of semantics from syntax."
"Hjelmslev's structuralist conception including semantics and pragmatics is incorporated into functional grammar."
"It considers grammar to be a system of rules that generate exactly those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language."
"It involves the use of defined operations (called transformations) to produce new sentences from existing ones."
"In linguistics, transformational grammar (TG) or transformational-generative grammar (TGG) is part of the theory of generative grammar."
"Chomsky adopted the concept of transformations from his teacher Zellig Harris, who followed the American descriptivist separation of semantics from syntax."
"Hjelmslev's structuralist conception including semantics and pragmatics is incorporated into functional grammar."
"The method is commonly associated with American linguist Noam Chomsky."
"The method was described before him by Albert Sechehaye in 1908."
"It considers grammar to be a system of rules that generate exactly those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language."
"It involves the use of defined operations (called transformations) to produce new sentences from existing ones."
"It considers grammar to be a system of rules that generate exactly those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language."
"The method is commonly associated with American linguist Noam Chomsky."
"Hjelmslev's structuralist conception including semantics and pragmatics is incorporated into functional grammar."