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A PLACE FOR CASE 1
Author(s) -
Starosta Stanley
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1976.tb00257.x
Subject(s) - linguistics , grammar , transformational leadership , rule based machine translation , feature (linguistics) , transformational grammar , representation (politics) , natural language processing , phrase structure rules , artificial intelligence , basis (linear algebra) , psychology , computer science , mathematics , philosophy , social psychology , geometry , politics , political science , law
Chomsky's configurational definition of grammatical functions is incorrect as a representation of surface grammatical relations and inappropriate and clumsy as a means for representing grammatical functions in deep structure. Fillmore's case grammar framework is a vast improvement, but it still requires a deep– surface distinction and thus does not contribute to a solution of the problem of the excessive power of transformational grammars. By representing ‘case’ as a feature of lexical items, the deep– surface distinction can be eliminated, and the resulting ‘lexicase’ framework looks promising as a basis for the design of language teaching materials which is much less abstract than Fillmore's approach, and which avoids the theoretical and practical deficiencies of the other transformational models.