Syntax: A Linguistic Introduction to Sentence Structure - Softcover

Brown, Keith; Miller, Jim

 
9780415084215: Syntax: A Linguistic Introduction to Sentence Structure
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415084210 ISBN 13: 9780415084215
Verlag: Routledge, 1991

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The second edition of this invaluable introductory text takes account of developments in syntactic studies. Dealing with the whole range of syntax, this book explains, in a lucid and approachable way, why linguists have adopted certain solutions to problems and not others. This book introduces the basic concepts used in the description of syntax, independently of any single model of grammar. Profusely illustrated with diagrams, there are sets of exercises for every chapter which can be used in class or by students working independently.

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Keith Brown currently lives and works on the East Sussex/Kent border near Ashdown Forest, home of Winnie the Pooh and friends! He has taught History and Economics for over three decades and currently teaches at Beechwood School in Tunbridge Wells, which contains both Senior and Prep departments. Keith has run a local business, Make the Grade Tuition Ltd, providing tuition, from over 100 tutors, for children and older students both in and out of school. Keith enjoys travel, walking and improving his Italian to give himself a second language with which to talk to his long-term partner.

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The study of syntax is fundamental to linguistics and language study, but it is often taught solely within the framework of transformational grammar. This book is unique in several respects: it introduces the basic concepts used in the description of syntax, independently of any single model of grammar. Most grammatical models fail to deal adequately with one aspect of syntax or another, and the authors argue that an understanding of the concepts used in any full description of language is crucial for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of formal grammars. Formal approaches to some of these concepts are critically examined. This book will train students, of either linguistics or language, to understand and make the best use of any grammar they encounter. Secondly, the book deals with the whole of syntax from immediate constituents and relations between sentences. It also examines concepts like subject and object, agent and patient, topic, comment and theme. Thirdly, there is a section on morphology, and a discussion of the relationship between syntax and morphology. As a book which explains, in a lucid and approachable way, why linguists have adopted certain solutions to problems and not others, this will be an invaluable introductory text. It is profusely illustrated with diagrams, and there are sets of exercises for every chapter which can be used in class, or by students working independently. This second edition has been extensively revised to take account of recent developments in syntactic studies.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
1991
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0415084210
ISBN 13 
9780415084215
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Anzahl der Seiten
400
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