Deriving Syntactic Relations

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.

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.

Additional text

'This book challenges assumptions that have gone unquestioned for too long, while hewing to the core principles of the Minimalist Program. It will be useful and thought-provoking to generative syntacticians of all theoretical persuasions.' Elizabeth Cowper, University of Toronto

Product details

• Authors: John Bowers, John (Cornell University Bowers, Bowers John Bowers
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781107480650
• ISBN: 978-1-107-48065-0
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology