Editing Syntax (section)

=== Generative syntax ===
Generative syntax is the study of syntax within the overarching framework of [[generative grammar]]. Generative theories of syntax typically propose analyses of grammatical patterns using formal tools such as [[phrase structure grammar]]s augmented with additional operations such as [[syntactic movement]]. Their goal in analyzing a particular language is to specify rules which generate all and only the expressions which are [[grammaticality|well-formed]] in that language. In doing so, they seek to identify innate domain-specific principles of linguistic cognition, in line with the wider goals of the generative enterprise. Generative syntax is among the approaches that adopt the principle of the [[autonomy of syntax]] by assuming that meaning and communicative intent is determined by the syntax, rather than the other way around.

Generative syntax was proposed in the late 1950s by [[Noam Chomsky]], building on earlier work by [[Zellig Harris]], [[Louis Hjelmslev]], and others. Since then, numerous theories have been proposed under its umbrella:

* [[Transformational grammar]] (TG) (Original theory of generative syntax laid out by Chomsky in ''Syntactic Structures'' in 1957)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chomsky |first=Noam |title=Syntactic Structures |date=1957 |publisher=Mouton |location=The Hague |page=15}}</ref>
* [[Government and binding theory]] (GB) (revised theory in the tradition of TG developed mainly by Chomsky in the 1970s and 1980s)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chomsky |first=Noam |title=Lectures on Government and Binding: The Pisa Lectures |date=1993 |publisher=Mouton de Gruyter |isbn=3-11-014131-0 |edition=7th |location=Berlin}}</ref>
* [[Minimalist program]] (MP) (a reworking of the theory out of the GB framework published by Chomsky in 1995)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chomsky |first=Noam |title=The Minimalist Program |date=1995 |publisher=The MIT Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts}}</ref>

Other theories that find their origin in the generative paradigm are:
* [[Arc pair grammar]]
* [[Generalized phrase structure grammar]] (GPSG)
* [[Generative semantics]]
* [[Head-driven phrase structure grammar]] (HPSG)
* [[Lexical functional grammar]] (LFG)
* [[Nanosyntax]]
* [[Relational grammar]] (RG)
* [[Harmonic grammar]] (HG)