A Comparison of "A-over-A" and the Psychological Momentum Theory

Autor/in	Zhou, Xiaoying
Titel	A Comparison of "A-over-A" and the Psychological Momentum Theory
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 11 (2018) 6, S.86-92 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Ambiguity (Semantics); Linguistic Theory; Psychological Patterns; Language Research; Grammar; Discourse Analysis; Phrase Structure; Communication (Thought Transfer) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistische Theorie; Sprachforschung; Grammatik; Diskursanalyse; Phrasenstruktur; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke
Abstract	Chomsky put forth his "A-over-A" theory in his book "Language and Mind", which means if a sentence contains (S… (A...) A…) S (A-over-A) structure, then this sentence can only be transformed on the basis of the larger phrase. In this paper the author puts forth the "Psychological Momentum" theory to analyze the sentences which are ambiguous in meaning according to Chomsky's "A-over-A" theory. In the author's opinion, explaining sentences from the viewpoint of pure grammatical stratum will lead the researchers into a blind alley. As compared with Chomsky's "A-over-A" theory, the "Psychological Momentum" theory is very useful to language researchers, so long as a sentence enters into communication, no matter how ambiguous its meaning may be, it will soon become clear without any ambiguity. (As Provided).
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