Lectures on Government and Binding

The Pisa Lectures

This foundational work outlines the government and binding theory of syntax developed by Noam Chomsky. Based on a series of lectures given in Pisa in 1979, the text explores universal grammar, principles and parameters, and the structural organization of human language. It became a central framework for linguistic research throughout the 1980s and shaped modern generative grammar. The volume details logical forms, bounding theory, and trace theory.

by Noam Chomsky

Mouton de Gruyter · First published 1981 · 371 pages