UID:
almafu_9960119300602883
Format:
1 online resource (xxviii, 713 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-16679-4
Series Statement:
Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Notes for instructors -- List of abbreviations -- The goals of linguistic theory -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Goals of linguistic theory -- 1.2 Explanation in linguistics -- 1.3 Contrasting perspectives on the goals of linguistic theory -- 1.4 Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- Syntactic structure, I: simple clauses and noun phrases -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 General theoretical issues -- 2.2 The layered structure of the clause in simple sentences -- 2.3 The layered structure of adpositional and noun phrases -- 2.4 Heads and headedness -- 2.5 Conclusion: the nature of morphosyntactic structure -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Semantic representation, I: verbs and arguments -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 A typology of states of affairs and their participants -- 3.2 The lexical representation of verbs and their arguments -- 3.3 Summary -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Semantic representation, II: macroroles, the lexicon and noun phrases -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 Semantic macroroles -- 4.2 Valence, transitivity and macrorole assignment -- 4.3 Lexical entries for verbs -- 4.4 The representation of adjuncts and operators -- 4.5 Linking syntactic and semantic representations (a brief introduction) -- 4.6 Lexical rules -- 4.7 The semantic representation of nouns and noun phrases -- 4.8 Summary -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Information structure -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Focus structure -- 5.2 Focus types -- 5.3 The morphosyntactic coding of focus structure -- 5.4 The formal representation of focus structure -- 5.5 Focus structure and the scope of negation and quantification -- 5.6 Intrasentential pronominalization -- 5.7 Intersentential pronominalization -- 5.8 Syntactic templates, linking and focus structure.
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Further reading -- Exercises -- Grammatical relations -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 Conceptions of grammatical relations -- 6.2 The cross-linguistic diversity of grammatical relations -- 6.3 A theory of grammatical relations -- 6.4 Discourse reference-tracking mechanisms and voice -- 6.5 Some typological issues -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Linking syntax and semantics in simple sentences -- 7.0 Introduction -- 7.1 Semantic and syntactic representations: a brief review -- 7.2 The linking algorithms -- 7.3 Case marking, agreement and adposition assignment -- 7.4 The two phases of linking -- 7.5 Reflexivization -- 7.6 Focus structure, linearization and linking -- 7.7 Templates, constructions and linking -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Syntactic structure, II: complex sentences and noun phrases -- 8.0 Introduction -- 8.1 Theoretical issues -- 8.2 Levels of juncture -- 8.3 Nexus relations -- 8.4 The interaction of nexus and juncture -- 8.5 Focus structure in complex sentences -- 8.6 The structure of complex noun phrases -- 8.7 Syntactic templates for complex sentences -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences -- 9.0 Introduction -- 9.1 Linking in clausal, core and nuclear junctures -- 9.2 Case marking in complex sentences -- 9.3 Linking in complex noun phrases -- 9.4 Reflexivization in complex sentences -- 9.5 Constraints on linking in WH-questions and related constructions -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Epilog: the goals of linguistic theory revisited -- Notes -- References -- Index of languages -- Subject index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-49915-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-49565-2
Language:
English
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139166799
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139166799
