An Introduction to Syntax

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ISBN: 9780521635660 | 0521635667
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/14/2001

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This comprehensive textbook provides students with a thorough grounding in the analysis of syntactic structure using data from a typologically wide variety of languages.

List of figures

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgements

xiv

Abbreviations

Syntax, lexical categories, and morphology

(20)

Introduction

(3)

Aspects of syntactic structure

(2)

Lexical categories

(7)

Morphology

(8)

Notes and suggested readings

(1)

Exercises

(4)

Grammatical relations

(65)

Introduction

(1)

Grammatical relations versus semantic roles

(11)

Properties of grammatical relations

(37)

Other systems of grammatical relations

(9)

Conclusion

(7)

Notes and suggested readings

(1)

Exercises

(6)

Dependency relations

(24)

Introduction

(1)

Syntactic dependencies

(14)

Dependency representations

101

(5)

Conclusion

106

(4)

Notes and suggested readings

107

(1)

Exercises

107

(3)

Constituent structure

110

(34)

Introduction

110

(1)

Constituents and their formal representation

111

(8)

The universality of form classes

119

(3)

An alternative schema for phrase structure

122

(11)

The structure of complex sentences

133

(4)

Constituent structure and grammatical relations

137

(7)

Notes and suggested readings

142

(1)

Exercises

142

(2)

Grammar and lexicon

144

(28)

Introduction

144

(1)

Phrase structure rules

144

(12)

The lexicon and subcategorization

156

(6)

Relational-dependency rules and lexicon

162

(6)

Concluding remarks

168

(4)

Notes and suggested readings

169

(1)

Exercises

169

(3)

Theories of syntax

172

(55)

Introduction

172

(1)

Relational Grammar

173

(9)

Lexical-Functional Grammar

182

(11)

Government-Binding Theory

193

(12)

Role and Reference Grammar

205

(13)

Summary

218

(3)

Other syntactic theories

221

(3)

Conclusion

224

(3)

Notes and suggested readings

225

(1)

Exercises

225

(2)

References

227

(7)

Language index

234

(2)

Subject index

236

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An Introduction to Syntax

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