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In linguistics, the autonomy of syntax is the assumption that syntax is arbitrary and self-contained with respect to meaning: semantics, pragmatics, discourse function, and other factors external to language. The autonomy of syntax is advocated by linguistic formalists, and in particular by generative linguistics, whose approaches have hence been called autonomist linguistics. Wikipedia →
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- Pick up a classic book: Domains and dynastiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: From the autonomy of syntax to the autonomy of linguistic semanticsCited 6 times
- Go sideways: Syntax–semantics interfaceA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Generative grammarA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
From the autonomy of syntax to the autonomy of linguistic semantics
Radical autonomy of syntax: Evidence from transcortical sensory aphasia
Natural selection and the autonomy of syntax
The Non-autonomy of Syntax
The autonomy of the (syntactic) lexicon and syntax: insertion conditions for derivational and inflectional morphemes
J. Koster. Domains and dynasties: the radical autonomy of syntax. Dordrecht: Foris, 1987. Pp. ix + 400.
LOGICALLY-BASED SYNTAX VERSUS AUTONOMOUS GENERATIVE SYNTAX
📚 Books worth reading
Domains and dynastiesJan Koster · 1987- 📕Lexical semantics and knowledge representationSIGLEX Workshop (1st 1991 Berkeley, Calif.) · 1992
Morphology and its relation to phonology and syntaxSteven Lapointe, Diane Brentari · 1998- 📕Music form or meaning in musicBerislav Popović · 1998
- 📕Music form or meaning in musicBerislav Popović · 1998
- 📕Reinventing structuralismRodney B. Sangster · 2013
Introduction to making very big booksUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions · 2011
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