Minimalist Syntax - Exploring the Structure of English

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Radford is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Essex. Klappentext Andrew Radford's latest textbook provides a concise! accessible introduction to current work in syntactic theory! drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of syntactic theory! Radford leads students through a diverse range of topics in English syntax. Each chapter contains a workbook section! in which students are encouraged to make their own analysis of English phrases and sentences through exercises! model answers! and "helpful hints." There is also an extensive glossary of terms. Zusammenfassung Andrew Radford's textbook! Minimalist Syntax! provides a concise! clear! and accessible introduction to syntactic theory. Assuming very little prior grammatical knowledge! it takes students through a range of phenomena in English syntax. Includes an extensive glossary! 'helpful hints'! and exercises with model answers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Principles, parameters and universal grammar; 2. Categories and features; 3. Syntactic structure and merger; 4. Null constituents; 5. Head movement; 6. Wh-movement; 7. A-movement; 8. Case, agreement and movement; 9. Split projections; 10. Phases.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Radford, Andrew (University of Essex) Radford
• Assisted by: S. R. Anderson (Editor), J. Bresnan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2004
• EAN: 9780521542746
• ISBN: 978-0-521-54274-6
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguis; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies