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Modern syntax : a coursebook / created by Andrew Carnie

By: Material type: TextTextCambridge university press, 2011Edition: edDescription: xii, 358 pages illustrations; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • rdamedia
Carrier type:
  • rdacarrier
ISBN:
  • 0521682046
  • 9780521682046
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P291 CAR
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; A NOTE ON THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE BOOK; 1 Some basic ideas in syntax; 2 Categories and subcategories; 3 Constituents, MERGE and trees; 4 Movement and control; 5 Conclusions
Summary: This practical coursebook introduces all the basics of modern syntactic analysis in a simple step-by-step fashion. Each unit is constructed so that the reader discovers new ideas, formulates hypotheses and practises fundamentals. The reader is presented with short sections of explanation with examples, followed by practice exercises. Feedback and comment sections follow to enable students to monitor their progress. No previous background in syntax is assumed. Students move through all the key topics in the field including features, rules of combination and displacement, empty categories, and subcategorization. The theoretical perspective in this work is unique, drawing together the best ideas from three major syntactic frameworks (minimalism, HPSG and LFG). Students using this book will learn fundamentals in such a way that they can easily go on to pursue further study in any of these frameworks
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; A NOTE ON THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE BOOK; 1 Some basic ideas in syntax; 2 Categories and subcategories; 3 Constituents, MERGE and trees; 4 Movement and control; 5 Conclusions

This practical coursebook introduces all the basics of modern syntactic analysis in a simple step-by-step fashion. Each unit is constructed so that the reader discovers new ideas, formulates hypotheses and practises fundamentals. The reader is presented with short sections of explanation with examples, followed by practice exercises. Feedback and comment sections follow to enable students to monitor their progress. No previous background in syntax is assumed. Students move through all the key topics in the field including features, rules of combination and displacement, empty categories, and subcategorization. The theoretical perspective in this work is unique, drawing together the best ideas from three major syntactic frameworks (minimalism, HPSG and LFG). Students using this book will learn fundamentals in such a way that they can easily go on to pursue further study in any of these frameworks

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