Jackendoff's Parallel Architecture-A new perspective for language study

This article sketches the Parallel Architecture, an approach to the structure of grammar that contrasts with mainstream generative grammar in ways that (a) it treats phonology, syntax, and semantics as independent generative components whose structures are linked by interface rules; (b) it uses a parallel constraint-based formalism that is non-directional; (c) it treats words and rules alike as linguistic structures stored in long-term memory. In addition to the theoretical advantages offered by the Parallel Architecture, it lends itself to a direct interpretation in processing terms, in which structures stored in long-term memory are assembled in working memory, with alternative structures in competition. Adapted from the source document