An introduction to syntactic analysis and theory /

Sportiche, Dominique.

An introduction to syntactic analysis and theory / Dominique Sportiche, Hilda Koopman and Edward Stabler - [Place of publication not identifed] : Wiley Blackwell, c2014 - xiii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Morphology: Starting with words -- Syntactic Analysis Introduced -- Clauses -- Other Phrases: A First Glance -- X-bar Theory and the Format of Lexical Entries -- Binding and the Hierarchical Nature of Phrase Structure -- Apparent Violations of Locality of Selection -- Infinitival Complements: Raising and Control -- WH-questions: WH-movement and Locality -- Probing Structure -- Inward Bound: Syntax and Morphology Atoms -- Advanced Binding and Some Binding Typology -- WH-Construction -- Syntactic Process .

An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory offers beginning students a comprehensive overview of and introduction to our current understanding of the rules and principles that govern the syntax of natural languages.

9781405100175


GENERATIVE GRAMMAR

P 291 .S66 2014