Questions of Syntax

There are far more syntactically distinct languages than we might have thought. Yet there are far fewer than there might have been. We need to understand why. Questions of Syntax collects sixteen papers authored by Richard S. Kayne, a preeminent syntactician, who has sought over the course of his career to understand why both these things are true.

About the author

Richard S. Kayne is Silver Professor of Linguistics at New York University. He received an A.B. in mathematics from Columbia College and a Ph.D in linguistics from M.I.T. He subsequently taught at the University of Paris VIII, at M.I.T., and at the CUNY Graduate Center. He has three honorary degrees and has previously published four collections of papers and two other books.

Summary

There are far more syntactically distinct languages than we might have thought. Yet there are far fewer than there might have been. We need to understand why. Questions of Syntax collects sixteen papers authored by Richard S. Kayne, a preeminent syntactician, who has sought over the course of his career to understand why both these things are true.

Additional text

Another impressive collection of articles by one of today's most influential linguists, who has opened entirely new areas of research. In this volume he presents new developments concerning linear order, comparative syntax, and the role of silent elements. Truly inspiring.

Product details

• Authors: Richard S. Kayne, Richard S. (Silver Professor of Linguistics Kayne, Kayne Richard S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780190863586
• ISBN: 978-0-19-086358-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax; Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax; Oxford Studies in Comparative
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax