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.