A logical formalism for intergrammatical representations
Vincenzo Manca · 1995
This paper presents a coherent notational system of fundamental concepts for traditional grammar. Let us consider the usual concepts of linguistic analysis, e.g.: proposition, predicate, substantive, subject, attribute, apposition, complement, genitive, modifier, determiner, coordination, subordination, anaphora, deixis, sentence, quantification, ellipsis. These concepts are used in usual grammars on the basis of their informal linguistic evidence and often with criteria that depend on the particular language they refer to. Neverthless, their theoretical relevance is based on very deep roots in Western philosophy from Plato, Aristotle and Dionysus Trax, to the Speculative Grammar of Scholastic philosophy, and eventually to the `Grammar' and `Logic' of Port Royal (17th century), where the terminological and conceptual apparatus of usual Indo-European grammars were elaborated (see [19]). Moreover, recent studies in the field of linguistic typology and universal grammar (see [9, 5, 20]) confirm the significance of the traditional apparatus