ANALYZING LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONS BASED ON SELECTED TRANSFORMATIONAL GENERATIVE GRAMMAR THEORETICAL ISSUES

Authors

  • Nnenna Gertrude Ezeh Use of English Unit, School of General Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
  • Obiageli Regina Udaba Department of English and Literary Studies, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu

Abstract

Every language should give adequate attention to these varying facets: Phonology, Syntax, Semantics and Morphology. A fastidious trend of scholarly writings have characterized syntactic considerations of language over the years, resulting in a good number of syntactic theories .Transformational Generative Grammar (TGG) as a theory has advanced the consideration of syntactic structures, to establish grammaticality, acceptability and disambiguity, using Transformations. In ascertaining these ideas, theoretical transformations were applied to selected data; a newspaper editorial headline: “Towards Enduring Peace in the Niger Delta” ;to assess the linguistic roles of transformations in language and communication .It was discovered that the elements of the Transformational Generative Grammar and its transformational rules can be applied to linguistic entities, as well as all forms of printed materials such as newspaper and novels.

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Published

2020-03-18

Issue

Vol. 6 (2016)

Section

Articles