tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34223021.post4895244461023943524..comments2019-08-06T18:27:53.396-07:00Comments on alternate readings: not a review: Discontinuous syntax: hyperbaton in GreekC. Stirling Bartholomewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03571440237755902925noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34223021.post-61334496108147984562009-09-03T11:43:34.703-07:002009-09-03T11:43:34.703-07:00Mike,
I figured that was about how old you were. ...Mike,<br /><br />I figured that was about how old you were. That's why you can read Discontinous Syntax. Try reading something like that in 2044 and see how it goes :-)C. Stirling Bartholomewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03571440237755902925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34223021.post-61537964968275066522009-09-02T18:06:53.105-07:002009-09-02T18:06:53.105-07:00How would you feel if I told you that I was born i...How would you feel if I told you that I was born in the early 80's?Mike Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335768638306462369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34223021.post-78942700913983815362009-09-01T21:12:27.217-07:002009-09-01T21:12:27.217-07:00"not all of the generative tradition believes..."not all of the generative tradition believes a prototypical simple English clause." <br /><br />Yeah, well my reading in generative syntax dates from the early 1980s so you could say I am a tad bit out of touch with it. Michael Palmer pointed this out to me over a decade ago on b-greek.C. Stirling Bartholomewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03571440237755902925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34223021.post-55545875763441037692009-09-01T16:11:53.559-07:002009-09-01T16:11:53.559-07:00I read the first chapter three or four times befor...I read the first chapter three or four times before I grasped everything. They're working loosely in Government & Binding as far as I know. And it was also my first experience with Chomskyan generative grammar.<br /><br />But the pragmatics and what not are independent of Chomsky and they do a good job with including relevant typological data -- something that Helma Dik does not do at all.<br /><br />You should know though, that not all of the generative tradition believes a prototypical simple English clause. It was Kayne that made the claim that all languages are SVO underlying, but not everyone agrees with him.Mike Aubreyhttp://evepheso.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com