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Towards an account of the possessive constructions: NP's N and the N of NP1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Roger Hawkins
Roger Hawkins
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Department of French, University of Sheffield
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1. Efforts to limit the power of transformations, and thereby reduce the class of possible grammars, have been concentrated in two areas: the conditions which restrict the application of the transformational rules, and the examination of the consequences of placing the burden of description on the non-transformational components of the grammar. Recent work on the non-transformational components has led to some interesting conclusions about how this power can be reduced. An article by Bresnan (1978) is a good example of this line of research. She cites a number of cases where transferring the burden of description from the transformational component to the lexicon and semantic interpretive components not only leads to a simplification in the from of the transformational rules, but also captures generalizations not adequately explained by transformations.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , September 1981 , pp. 247 - 269
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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