Arche, María J., Zwart, Jan-Wouter, Demirdache, Hamida and Borer, Hagit (eds.) (2025) Footprints of Phrase Structure: Studies in syntax in honour of Tim Stowell. Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, 288 . John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam. ISBN 978-9027222275

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Abstract

This volume presents a collection of state-of-the-art studies that illustrate recent advances in the understanding of human language, grammar design and linguistic categories. The title of the volume aims at highlighting the mark that the work of Tim Stowell has had on the field of Linguistics since his dissertation, Origins of Phrase Structure, defended at the MIT in 1981. Stowell’s work established the principles that replaced individual phrase structure rules from previous generative models with general universal constraints, setting off the articulation of formal grammars on a new journey. The papers gathered here demonstrate how that principled approach runs in the field today. The empirical evidence discussed in the papers comes from 15 different languages, which makes the volume a point of reference for cross-linguistic analyses and testimony to the wealth of descriptive knowledge brought to the scientific community.

Item Type:	Edited Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	phrase structure, grammatical principles, linguistic categories, theory of natural language
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2025 10:19
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/51342

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