50 years of syntcactic research in Hungary

Authors

  • István Kenesei MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18349/MagyarNyelv.2020.1.1

Keywords:

syntax, generative linguistics, focus, word order, history of science

Abstract

This is an overview of research in syntax since the mid-1960’s, when a group of middle-aged professors introduced modern syntax in the curriculum and started to raise and support a number of young linguists in this country. Since then various avenues have opened up both in the variety of topics addressed and in international communication. Syntacticians from Hungary have been a constant feature in the linguistic scene at large. This paper, which was originally delivered as a keynote address at the 2020 meeting of the Society of Hungarian Linguistics, aims at tracking this development.

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Published

2020-05-05

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Tanulmányok