Space Grammar, Analysability, and the English Passive

Bibliographic Data

ID2908415
AuthorsRonald W Langacker (0009-0009-7345-455X, corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume58
Issue1
Pages22
Publication date1982-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/413531
OpenAlexW1976806929
LanguageEN
Citations received43
References cited13

Alternatives are discussed for a number of assumptions fundamental to established linguistic theories. These alternatives lead to a coherent view of linguistic structure that treats grammar as a symbolic phenomenon, and emphasizes the importance of analys-ability to grammatical structure. A descriptive framework called space grammar is outlined, in particular its approach to semantic structure and grammatical valence relations. The concepts are applied first to nominal structure and then to the English passive construction. It is claimed that be, by, and the participial morpheme are all meaningful, and that passives are not derived from an active clausal source

English grammar · Grammar · Linguistics · Space (punctuation) · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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