The Structure-Preserving Constraint and the Universal Base Hypothesis.

Kravif, Diane

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The Structure-Preserving Constraint and the Universal Base Hypothesis

Kravif, Diane

Linguistics, 116, 21-47, Nov 15 73

Revised version of a paper supported by a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship. The universal base hypothesis states that all natural languages utilize the same base component in their transformational grammars. (DD)

Descriptors: Deep Structure, Diagrams, Generative Grammar, Language Universals, Mathematical Linguistics, Phrase Structure, Sentence Structure, Surface Structure, Syntax, Transformational Generative Grammar

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