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Syntax: Structure, Meaning, and Function

By Randy J. Lapolla , Robert D. van Valin Jr

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1998
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
37 MB (38922193 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Pages
743\743
Time added
2018-06-05 16:57:57

Description

This book is an introduction to syntactic theory and analysis which can be used for both introductory and advanced courses in theoretical syntax. Offering an alternative to the standard generative view of the subject, it deals with the major issues in syntax with which all theories are concerned. It presents syntactic phenomena from a wide range of languages and introduces students to the major typological issues that syntactic theories must address. A generous number of exercises is included, which provide practice with the concepts introduced in the text and in addition expose the student to in-depth analysis of data from many languages. Each chapter contains suggestions for further reading which encompass work from many theoretical perspectives. A separate teaching guide is available.

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