Introducing Syntax

Informationen zum Autor Olaf Koeneman is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. Hedde Zeijlstra is Professor of English Syntax at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Klappentext This lively textbook introduces readers to the formal theory of syntax, presenting contemporary insights without unnecessary technical detail. Zusammenfassung Presenting key insights from contemporary syntactic theory in one clear and coherent narrative! this lively textbook provides a concise introduction to the formal theory of syntax! avoiding unnecessary detail. It is suitable for undergraduate students in linguistics! modern languages and English. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The language machine; 1. Categories and features; 2. Merge; 3. Theta theory; 4. Case theory; 5. Agreement and uninterpretable features; 6. Movement and remerge; 7. Unifying movement and agreement; 8. Syntax and morphology; 9. Syntax and phonology; 10. Syntax and semantics; Afterword; Glossary; References; Index.

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• Authors: Olaf Koeneman, Olaf (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) Koeneman, Olaf (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) Zei Koeneman, Olaf Zeijlstra Koeneman, Koeneman Olaf, Hedde Zeijlstra, Hedde (Georg-August-Universitat Zeijlstra, Zeijlstra Hedde
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2017
• EAN: 9781107096745
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09674-5
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics; Cambrige Introductions to Language and Linguistics; Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology