Open AccessThe Reception of Early Transformational Grammar in Europe
Author(s) -
Frederick J. Newmeyer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cadernos de linguística
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2675-4916
DOI - 10.25189/2675-4916.2021.v2.n1.id285
Subject(s) - transformational grammar , generative grammar , transformational leadership , linguistics , minimalist program , grammar , theoretical linguistics , political science , sociology , philosophy , public relations
The early success in the United States of Chomsky’s book Syntactic Structures and the theory of transformational-generative grammar that it introduced raises the question of the reception of the theory in other countries. Looking at Europe, there is no overarching generalisation. In some countries (the UK, the Netherlands) the theory enjoyed a great success, in others a moderate success, at least for a time (France, Germany), and in other countries very little success (Italy, Spain). Nevertheless, there is widespread agreement that European contributions to the theory have been among the most important.