The question of rule ordering

Some common fallacies

Bibliographic Data

ID10140978
AuthorsAndreas Koutsoudas (University of Iowa, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume16
Issue1
Pages19-35
Publication date1980-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226700006319
OpenAlexW2140723549
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited12

The main goal of linguistic research is to develop a theory of grammar, i.e. a set of universal principles to characterize human language. Since languages vary superficially, this goal is achieved only when it is shown that superficial differences among languages can be accounted for by the theory of grammar. Clearly, then, the more that superficial differences among languages can be accounted for by universal principles, the more the field will advance. This conclusion is best stated by Perlmutter (1971): ... progress in linguistics depends on extracting as much as possible from grammars of particular languages and formulating general principles from which the facts of particular languages will follow as automatic consequences

Emergent grammar · Field (mathematics · Grammar · Linguistics · Mildly context-sensitive grammar formalism · Natural language processing · Programming language · Pure mathematics · Rule-based machine translation · Set (abstract data type · Theoretical linguistics · Universal Grammar · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · linguistics and terminology studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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