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Understanding Transformational Grammar by Hadiqa Hassan is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) Transformational generative grammar seeks to explain the rules governing structural changes in language and the formation of utterances. It uses phrase structure and transformational rules. 2) Phrase structure rules analyze utterances into syntactic constituents like subject + verb + object. Transformational rules derive forms like questions, passives, and negatives from base sentences. 3) The theory was modified to include context sensitive rules like subcategorization and selectional rules to addres
- Author
- Hadiqa Hassan
- Language
- EN