Analyzing Syntax - A Lexical-Functional Approach

Informationen zum Autor Paul R. Kroeger is Assistant Professor and Chairman at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas. Klappentext Analyzing Syntax: A Lexical-Functional Approach is a comprehensive and accessible textbook on syntactic analysis! designed for students of linguistics at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Working within the Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) approach! it provides students with a framework for analyzing and describing grammatical structure! using extensive examples from both European and non-European languages. While its primary focus is on syntactic structure! it also deals with aspects of meaning! function and word-structure that are directly relevant to syntax. This textbook is ideal for one-semester courses in syntax and grammatical analysis. Zusammenfassung This is a comprehensive and accessible 2004 textbook on syntactic analysis! designed for students of linguistics at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Working within the 'Lexical Functional Grammar' (LFG) approach! it provides students with a framework for analyzing and describing grammatical structure! using extensive examples from both European and non-European languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Three aspects of syntactic structure; 2. Identifying constituents and categories; 3. Passives, applicatives, and the 'dative shift'; 4. Reflexives; 5. Control; 6. Pragmatic functions: topic and focus; 7. Filler-gap dependencies and relativization; 8. Causative constructions; 9. Serial verbs and related constructions; 10. 'Quirky case' and subjecthood; 11. Syntactic ergativity.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Kroeger, Paul R. Kroeger, Kroeger Paul R., Kroeger Paul R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2004
• EAN: 9780521016544
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01654-4
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology