Morphology and Syntax

  1. Theoretical Frameworks
    1. Generative Grammar
      1. Historical Development
        1. Syntactic Structures
          1. Aspects Model
            1. Government and Binding
              1. Minimalist Program
              2. Core Principles
                1. Universal Grammar
                  1. Principles and Parameters
                    1. Modularity
                      1. Innateness Hypothesis
                      2. Government and Binding Theory
                        1. Modules of Grammar
                          1. X-Bar Theory
                            1. Theta Theory
                              1. Case Theory
                                1. Binding Theory
                                  1. Bounding Theory
                                    1. Control Theory
                                    2. Levels of Representation
                                      1. D-Structure
                                        1. S-Structure
                                          1. Logical Form
                                            1. Phonetic Form
                                          2. Minimalist Program
                                            1. Economy Principles
                                              1. Shortest Move
                                                1. Procrastinate
                                                  1. Full Interpretation
                                                  2. Bare Phrase Structure
                                                    1. Elimination of Bar Levels
                                                      1. Feature-Driven Movement
                                                      2. Strong vs. Weak Features
                                                        1. Checking Theory
                                                        2. Distributed Morphology
                                                          1. Late Insertion
                                                            1. Underspecification
                                                              1. Morphological Operations
                                                            2. Lexical Functional Grammar
                                                              1. Theoretical Foundations
                                                                1. Lexical Integrity
                                                                  1. Functional Correspondence
                                                                  2. Levels of Representation
                                                                    1. Constituent Structure
                                                                      1. Functional Structure
                                                                        1. Argument Structure
                                                                          1. Semantic Structure
                                                                          2. Correspondence Functions
                                                                            1. φ-Function
                                                                              1. σ-Function
                                                                              2. Lexical Mapping Theory
                                                                                1. Argument Realization
                                                                                  1. Grammatical Functions
                                                                                  2. LFG and Morphology
                                                                                    1. Morphological Structure
                                                                                      1. Feature Structures
                                                                                    2. Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
                                                                                      1. Feature Structures
                                                                                        1. Attribute-Value Matrices
                                                                                          1. Type Hierarchies
                                                                                            1. Unification
                                                                                            2. Principles and Constraints
                                                                                              1. Head Feature Principle
                                                                                                1. Subcategorization Principle
                                                                                                  1. Semantic Principle
                                                                                                  2. Lexical Rules
                                                                                                    1. Morphological Rules
                                                                                                      1. Syntactic Alternations
                                                                                                      2. Construction-Based Approaches
                                                                                                        1. Phrasal Constructions
                                                                                                          1. Lexical Constructions
                                                                                                        2. Construction Grammar
                                                                                                          1. Basic Tenets
                                                                                                            1. Form-Meaning Pairings
                                                                                                              1. Construction Networks
                                                                                                                1. Usage-Based Grammar
                                                                                                                2. Types of Constructions
                                                                                                                  1. Morphological Constructions
                                                                                                                    1. Syntactic Constructions
                                                                                                                      1. Lexical Constructions
                                                                                                                        1. Phrasal Constructions
                                                                                                                        2. Inheritance Relations
                                                                                                                          1. Default Inheritance
                                                                                                                            1. Multiple Inheritance
                                                                                                                            2. Constructional Approaches to Morphology
                                                                                                                              1. Word Formation Constructions
                                                                                                                                1. Inflectional Constructions
                                                                                                                              2. Dependency Grammar
                                                                                                                                1. Basic Concepts
                                                                                                                                  1. Head-Dependent Relations
                                                                                                                                    1. Dependency Trees
                                                                                                                                      1. Projectivity
                                                                                                                                      2. Types of Dependencies
                                                                                                                                        1. Grammatical Dependencies
                                                                                                                                          1. Semantic Dependencies
                                                                                                                                          2. Dependency vs. Constituency
                                                                                                                                            1. Structural Differences
                                                                                                                                              1. Empirical Advantages
                                                                                                                                              2. Morphological Dependencies
                                                                                                                                                1. Word-Internal Structure
                                                                                                                                                  1. Morphosyntactic Features
                                                                                                                                                2. Optimality Theory
                                                                                                                                                  1. Theoretical Framework
                                                                                                                                                    1. Constraints and Rankings
                                                                                                                                                      1. Candidate Evaluation
                                                                                                                                                        1. Violability
                                                                                                                                                        2. OT in Morphology
                                                                                                                                                          1. Morphological Constraints
                                                                                                                                                            1. Paradigm Uniformity
                                                                                                                                                              1. Morphophonological Interactions
                                                                                                                                                              2. OT in Syntax
                                                                                                                                                                1. Syntactic Constraints
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Harmonic Alignment
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Constraint Interaction
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Cognitive and Functional Approaches
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Cognitive Grammar
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Symbolic Units
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Conceptual Semantics
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Usage-Based Model
                                                                                                                                                                          2. Functional Grammar
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Communicative Functions
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Discourse Factors
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Cross-Linguistic Patterns
                                                                                                                                                                                2. Typological Approaches
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Implicational Universals
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Grammaticalization Paths
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Frequency Effects

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                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Foundational Concepts