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Government–binding/principles and parameters theory
Author(s) -
Lasnik Howard,
Lohndal Terje
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.526
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1939-5086
pISSN - 1939-5078
DOI - 10.1002/wcs.35
Subject(s) - representation (politics) , government (linguistics) , computer science , political science , mathematical economics , law and economics , cognitive science , theoretical computer science , epistemology , sociology , linguistics , mathematics , psychology , law , philosophy , politics
Principles and Parameters Theory is an approach to the study of the human language capacity based on an abstract underlying representation and operations called ‘transformations’ successively altering that structure. It has gradually evolved from the Government and Binding Theory to the Minimalist Program. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This article is categorized under: Linguistics > Linguistic Theory