Open AccessA Study of the Development of Generative Grammar from the Perspective of Changes in the Movement Pattern
Author(s) -
Haojie Li,
Guicheng Wang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of language teaching and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0684
pISSN - 1798-4769
DOI - 10.17507/jltr.0906.17
Subject(s) - generative grammar , perspective (graphical) , minimalist program , grammar , feature (linguistics) , computer science , interpretation (philosophy) , matching (statistics) , linguistics , emergent grammar , movement (music) , transformational grammar , natural language processing , development (topology) , generative model , artificial intelligence , mathematics , programming language , philosophy , statistics , aesthetics , mathematical analysis
Movement plays an important role in generative grammar. This paper expounds characteristics and motivation of the development of generative grammar theory by analyzing and contrasting the movement pattern in different periods of generative grammar. From Move-∝ to the feature checking, and then to the matching of the probe and the target under agreement feature, a series of changes in movement pattern indicate that generative grammar is exploring the principled interpretation of the language from the perspective of biolinguistics, the explanation of the characteristics and general principles of the interface system, ultimately to the goal of going beyond the explanatory adequacy.