Linguistics and the Formal Sciences

An insightful overview of how syntactic theory was influenced by developments in the formal sciences during the twentieth Century.

Acknowledgements; List of mathematical symbols; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The consequences of analysis; 3. Mathematical linguistics; 4. Systems of syntax: 1951-1955; 5. Transforming generative grammar: 1955-1957; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.