Deriving Syntactic Relations

This book proposes that the fundamental building blocks of syntax are relations between words rather than constituents formed from words.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Relational derivation; 2. Types of lexical projections and arguments; 3. Modification; 4. Variation in word order; 5. The role of morphology; 6. Operators; 7. Ellipsis; 8. The DNA of language; References.

About the author

John Bowers is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Cornell University, New York. He has published two books, the most recent of which is Arguments as Relations (2010), published in the Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Series. He has also published numerous journal articles and book chapters focusing primarily on the areas of predication, transitivity, argument structure, and control.

Summary

This book reduces, to a bare minimum, the primitive notions required to characterize the syntax of natural language systems, providing a simple yet explanatory formal basis for investigation at all levels of the structure and function of language. It will be ideal for graduates and academic researchers concerned with human language and syntax.

Product details

• Authors: John Bowers, John (Cornell University Bowers, John S. Bowers, Bowers John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781107096752
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09675-2
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in 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; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology