The Evolution of Lexicon in Generative Grammar
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https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1401.26Keywords:
lexicon, generative grammar, Neo-constructivism, functional categoryAbstract
The lexicon is a microcosm of the development in generative grammar. It has its own idiosyncrasy from no status at the outset to the position of all variations among languages in generative grammar. Recently, the lexicon is much greatly simplified in Neo-constructivism, which conforms to the fact that language is a recent and emergent system in biolinguistics and meets the needs of a genuine explanation: learnability and evolvability. Future research on the lexicon will proceed in these directions.
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