Unfashionable Studies on Noam Chomsky and Petr Sgall

Travaux linguistiques de Brno 1
So far, there has hardly been any comparison of the language theory formulated by Petr Sgall,
the Functional Generative Description (FGD) of language, with another linguistic theory, such as
would not be part of any programmatico-theoretical context. This is equally true of the work of
Noam Chomsky, which became an important source of inspiration for Sgall. In the present volume, the
standard theory of transformational grammar (TG) and an early version of FGD, formulated at about
the same time, are compared. The text consists of four parts. In the first and second chapters,
theoretical apparati of TG and FGD are briefly introduced, including some general remarks. The
third chapter deals with the genesis of both theories, and the fourth chapter attempts a semiotic
view of TG and FGD by looking at the way in which both theories have grasped and described the
relation between units of linguistic form and meaning. The closing fifth chapter draws a rough
outline of future prospects that might direct further research in the semiotic potential of other
variants of TG and FGD. The monograph represents the first volume of the new series Travaux
linguistiques de Brno, the background and aims of which are formulated in a short collective
foreword.
 

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