Question

Which syntactic theory is associated with Noam Chomsky?

• A. Structuralism
• B. Generative Grammar
• C. Functional Grammar
• D. Case Grammar

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Generative Grammar

Noam Chomsky is associated with transformational generative grammar (TGG) and universal grammar. 

• Transformational generative grammar

  • Chomsky introduced TGG in the 1950s with his book Syntactic Structures. 

  • TGG is a syntactic theory that modifies phrase structures to account for sentence properties. 

  • TGG uses rewrite rules to define syntactic elements, such as "S → NP + VP". 

  • TGG has two levels of structure: deep structure and surface structure.