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Aspects Of Bura Negation
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1.8 Review of the Chosen Framework
The
framework adopted in research is the Government and Binding (GB)
theory. This is the theory that captures the similarities which exists
between different categories of lexical phrases by assigning the same
structure to them rather than having different phrase structure rules
for VPs, NPs etc
Government and Binding theory deals with
transformation. According to Radford (1988:419), transformation is the
rule that deal with the act of changing the structure of one sentences
to another structure through the concept of movement known as move alpha
(move-α). This theory (GB) was developed to correct the lapses in
Transformational Generative Grammar.
Cook (1988: 66), the
theory of Government and Binding is an interlocking arrangement of
principles and sub theories which interact in many different ways.
The Modular Theory of Grammar.
PROJECTION PRINCIPLE
CASE THEORY
(Case filter)
Sells (1985: 25) and cook (1988: 33).
In the diagram above, no part can be considered in isolation from the
rest. Government and Binding theory posit seven sub-theories of theory
of grammar. The structures generated at various levels are constrained
by a set of theories, which define the kind of relationship possible
within a grammar.
These sub-theories of Government and Binding theory are given below:
i. X- Bar Theory
ii. Theta (θ) Theory
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