Theoretical syntax, 1980-1990: an annotated and classified bibliography (Library and Information Sources in Linguistics)

201 Pages·1992·5.57 MB·English

by  Rosemarie Ostler

THEORETICAL SYNTAX 1980-1990
AMSTERDAM STUDIES IN THE THEORY AND
HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE
General Editor
E.F. KONRAD KOERNER
(University of Ottawa)
Series V
LIBRARY & INFORMATION SOURCES IN LINGUISTICS
Advisory Editorial Board
Mohammed H. Bakalla (Riyadh); Jivco Boyadjiev (Sofia)
Frank Di Trolio (Gainesville, Fla.); Leszek M. Karpinski (Vancouver, B.C.)
Salvatore C. Sgroi (Catania); Joseph L. Subbiondo (Stockton, Calif.)
Matsuji Tajima (Fukuoka, Japan)
Volume 21
Rosemarie Ostler
Theoretical Syntax 1980-1990
An Annotated and Classified Bibliography
THEORETICAL SYNTAX
1980-1990
An Annotated and Classified Bibliography
ROSEMARIE OSTLER
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY
AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA
1992
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ostler, Rosemarie.
Theoretical syntax 1980-1990 : an annotated and classified bibliography / Rosemarie
Ostler.
p. cm. - (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.
Series V, Library & information sources in linguistics, ISSN 0165-7267; v. 21)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Grammar, Comparative and general — Syntax - Bibliography. I. Title. II. Series:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series V, Library and
information sources in linguistics ; v. 21.
Z7004.S94O88 1991
[P291]
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PREFACE
This bibliography is intended both for practicing scholars who are
interested in the recent progress of theoretical syntax or a subfield within
it and for students who are approaching the topic for the first time. I have
tried to represent most of the major and some of the minor trends that
have evolved during the past decade. However, I have made no attempt
to be comprehensive. Works were included if there was evidence of a
theoretical approach. Those primarily concerned with the collection and
arrangement of data were excluded. Although I have included book titles
from all available sources, I limited my selection of periodical articles to
fourteen journals which I consider to be influential, widely available, and
often cited: Language, Lingua, Linguistic Analysis, Linguistic Inquiry,
Linguistics, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, The Journal of
Linguistics, The Linguistic Review, Studies in Language, Theoretical
Linguistics, Linguistics and Philosophy, The Canadian Journal of Linguistics,
Linguistische Berichte, and Lingvisticae Investigationes. In general, my goal
has been to offer books and articles that are reasonably accessible not only
to professional syntacticians but also to students and to researchers in other
fields. For this reason, I have excluded unpublished dissertations and
working papers. I have also limited the bibliography to books and articles
in English. Since virtually every book has a bibliography and an index, I
have not mentioned these features in the annotations unless they are
missing or arranged in an unusual way. A large majority of books and
articles are written using English examples. I have not included these
under the heading "Syntax of Specific Languages" unless the analysis is
overtly concerned with English.
VI PREFACE
To make the information more accessible, I have included author, topic,
and language indexes.
I would like to thank my colleagues in the Department of Literature and
Language of the New York Public Library for their support and
encouragement while I was working on this project, and especially Louis
Parascandola for his comments on parts of the draft. Thanks are also due
to Joseph Emonds for his helpful suggestions and comments, and to
Konrad Koerner, the series editor, and an unnamed reviewer for their good
advice at different stages in the preparation of the bibliography.
Eugene, Oregon Rosemarie Ostler
August 1991
CONTENTS
Preface V
I. Introductions to Syntax 1
II. General Studies 5
III. The Morphology/Phonology Interface 81
IV. Semantics and Syntax 86
V. Historical Syntax 94
VI. Syntactic Universals and Typology 97
VII. The Acquisition of Syntax 101
VIII. Computational and Mathematical Syntax 107
IX. Stylistics and Discourse Analysis 110
X. The Syntax of Specific Languages 114
Arabic 114
Chinese 114
Dutch 117
English 118
French 122
German 128
VIII CONTENTS
Germanic Languages 130
Greek 131
Hebrew 133
Hindi and Related Languages 134
Hungarian 137
Irish 138
Italian 140
Japanese 142
Native American Languages 146
Polish 150
Portuguese 151
Romance Languages 152
Russian 154
Spanish 155
Swedish and Related Languages 158
Welsh 160
Other Languages 162
Author Index 174
Topic Index 183
Language Index 190
I. Introductions to Syntax
1. Blake, Barry J. Relational Grammar. London: Routledge, 1990.
xiv, 198 pp.
Written for practicing linguists rather than beginning students. Chapters cover basic
principles of relational grammar, clause internal relations, reflexives, passives, clause
union, multinode networks, active and ergative language types, and a comparison of
relational grammar with other theories.
2. Gazdar, Gerald [et al.] Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press,
1985. xii, 276 pp.
Presents in orderly format a complete overview of the theory of generalized phrase
structure grammar, which relies on recursive phrase structure rules rather than on
transformations to generate grammatical sentences. Chapters present and argue for
each aspect of the theory—syntactic features, metarules, universal feature
instantiation principles, and principles of semantic interpretation. Offers an analysis
of English in support of the theory.
3. Givón, Talmy. Syntax: A Functional-Typological Introduction.
Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1984-1990. 2 vols.,
1017 pp.
A presentation of the author's theory of grammar, incorporating typological and
functional approaches and emphasizing language in the larger context of human
physical and cultural development. Meant to be read by beginning students as well
as advanced linguists. Chapters 1 and 2 outline the philosophical background and
methodology. Remaining nine chapters of Volume I deal with different aspects of
the grammar, including word classes, word order, case marking, syntactic
organization, propositional semantics, and pragmatics. Volume II addresses
complex clauses and includes chapters on complex NPs, verbal complements,
relative clauses, focus, topics, speech acts and discourse, as well as chapters on the