乔姆斯基的生成语法到现在已有近三十年的发展历史了,先后经历了第一语言模式(The First Linguistic Model)时期、标准理论(The Standard Theory,以下简称ST)时期和扩充式标准理论(The Extended Standard Theory,以下简称EST)时期,现在“第一次有可能提出具有相当深度和广度的解释性理论,来展示人们在语言研究中进而在思惟体系研究中有待发现的各种体系。”(乔姗斯基:《句法理论的原理 Chomsky’s generation grammar has now nearly thirty years of development history, has experienced the First Language Model (The First Linguistic Model) period, the standard theory (The Standard Theory, hereinafter referred to as ST) period and extended For the first time in the period of The Extended Standard Theory (EST), it is possible to propose interpretative theories of considerable depth and breadth to present various kinds of explanations people have yet to find in linguistic research System. “(Chasonski:” Principles of Syntax Theory