Syntax : Basic Concepts and Applications / Robert Freidin.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781139020565 (ebook)
- 415 23
- P291 .F746 2012
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Syntax: Basic Concepts and Applications provides a systematic introduction to core topics in syntax, focusing on how the basic concepts apply in the analysis of sentences. Assuming no background in linguistic analysis, the book gives students a working knowledge of syntactic analysis from a minimalist perspective. Step by step it explains the fundamentals of phrase structure, movement and deletion. Well-placed exercises throughout reinforce and extend the concepts and analyses presented in the text, allowing readers to gain understanding of progressively complex issues at a comfortable pace. Much of the data comes from English, but crucial examples are also drawn from a range of other languages, including Russian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Irish, Welsh and Greek.
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