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Irregularity in Syntax

A study of irregularity in syntax in the Generative Semantics formalism of the mid to late 1960s. ## TOC 1. Forward 2. Preface 3. Introduction 4. Grammars and the Theory of Grammar 1. Adult Language Learning 2. Child Language Learning 3. Linguistic Theory 4. The Form of a Linguistic Theory 5. Some Assumptions 5. Previous Work 1. Arbitrary Categorization 2. The Chomsky-Halle System 6. Simple Exceptions 1. Items that Do Not Undergo Regular Rules 2. The Direct Generation of Deviant Sentences 3. A Partial Formalism for Simple Exceptions 7. Rule Government 8. Minor Rules 1. Rules that Apply Only to Exceptions 2. A Partial Formalism for Minor Rules 3. Partly Minor Rules 4. A Partial Formalism for Partly Minor Rules 9. Absolute Exceptions 1. Items that Must Not Meet Structural Descriptions 2. Items that Must Meet Structural Descriptions 3. A Partial Formalism for Absolute Exceptions 4. Hypothetical Lexical Items 10. Boolean Exceptions 11. Optionality 1. Optional Exceptions to Obligatory Rules 2. Exceptions to Optional Rules 3. Canonical Form of Irregularity Representations 12. Lexical Representation 1. The Structure of Lexical Items 2. Idiolectal Variations in the Lexicon 3. Lexical Base

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