: Theory of Hindi Syntax: Descriptive, Generative, Transformational . Vladimir Miltner.

Representation in Modern Transformational Syntax

The general issue of derivational vs. representational approaches to syntax has received considerable attention throughout the history of generative grammar. Internal to the major derivational approach, transformational grammar, a related issue arises: are well-formedness conditions imposed specifically at the particular levels of representation made available in the theory, or are they imposed...

Overview of the History of Generative Syntax

1. Background and outline Scientific grammar goes back to the Middle Ages, and specifically the study, by Modistic philosophers, of language as a phenomenon independent of thought. In a sense, the tradition is even older, dating back to Classical Antiquity, and spanning several cultures – after all, every traditional writing system presupposes some serious linguistic theorizing. In the humanist...

Towards a generative syntax of tonal harmony

This paper aims to propose a hierarchical, generative account of diatonic harmonic progressions and suggest a set of phrase-structure grammar rules. It argues that the structure of harmonic progressions exceeds the simplicity of the Markovian transition tables and proposes a set of rules to account for harmonic progressions with respect to key structure, functional and scale degree features as ...

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A Generative Model of a Pronunciation Lexicon for Hindi

Voice browser applications in Text-toSpeech (TTS) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems crucially depend on a pronunciation lexicon. The present paper describes the model of pronunciation lexicon of Hindi developed to automatically generate the output forms of Hindi at two levels, the and the (PS, in short for Prosodic Structure). The latter level involves both syllable-...