English Syntax: An Introduction

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Cambridge University Press, 15 apr 2004 - 384 pagina's
This textbook--an abridged version of Radford's Minimalist Syntax and the Syntax of English--provides a concise and accessible introduction to current syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Programme. Assuming little or no prior grammatical knowledge, it takes students through a range of topics in English syntax, beginning at an elementary level and progressing in stages towards more advanced material. There is an extensive glossary, and each chapter contains a workbook section with 'helpful hints', exercises and model answers, suitable for both class discussion and self-study.
 

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Grammar
1
13 The Language Faculty
5
14 Principles of Universal Grammar
9
15 Parameters
11
16 Parametersetting
16
17 Evidence used to set parameters
18
18 Summary
20
Words
28
65 Attract Closest Principle
161
66 Piedpiping and convergence
163
67 Medpiping in prepositional and possessive structures
166
68 Yesno questions
170
69 Whexclamatives
171
610 Relative clauses
173
611 Summary
177
Workbook section
179

23 Categorising words
33
24 Functional categories
34
25 Determiners and quantifiers
35
26 Pronouns
37
27 Auxiliaries
40
28 Infinitival to
42
29 Complementisers
44
210 Labelled bracketing
48
211 Grammatical features
49
212 Summary
52
Workbook section
53
Structure
57
33 Clauses
62
34 Clauses containing complementisers
66
35 Testing structure
68
36 Syntactic relations
74
37 Bare phrase structure
78
38 Summary
80
Workbook section
82
Null constituents
89
43 Null auxiliaries
93
44 Null T in auxiliariless finite clauses
95
45 Null T in bare infinitive clauses
100
46 Null C in finite clauses
102
47 Null C in nonfinite clauses
105
48 Defective clauses
107
49 Case properties of subjects
110
410 Null determiners
113
411 Summary
117
Workbook section
118
Head movement
123
53 Movement as copying and deletion
126
54 VtoT movement
129
55 Head movement
132
56 HAVEBEraising
134
57 Another look at negation
136
58 DOsupport
140
59 Head movement in nominals
144
510 Summary
147
Workbook section
148
Whmovement
153
63 Whmovement as copying and deletion
155
64 Whmovement and EPP
159
Amovement
184
73 Idioms
187
74 Argument structure and thetaroles
189
75 Unaccusative predicates
194
76 Passive predicates
198
77 Longdistance passivisation
202
78 Raising
205
79 Comparing raising and control predicates
206
710 Summary
213
Workbook section
214
Agreement case and movement
218
83 Feature valuation
221
84 Uninterpretable features and feature deletion
224
85 Expletive it subjects
226
86 Expletive there subjects
230
87 Agreement and movement
236
88 EPP and agreement in control infinitives
238
89 EPP in defective clauses
242
810 Summary
248
Workbook section
249
Split projection
253
Finiteness projection
258
VP shells in ergative structures
262
95 Extending VP shells to other transitive structures
269
96 Extending VP shells to unaccusatives
273
97 Extending VP shells to passives
276
98 Extending VP shells to raising verbs
277
99 Transitive light verbs and accusative case assignment
280
910 Summary
283
Workbook section
284
Phases
289
103 Intransitive and defective clauses
292
104 Whmovement through specCP
296
105 Whmovement through specvP in transitive clauses
299
106 Evidence for whmovement through specCP
302
107 Evidence for whmovement through specvP in transitive clauses
309
108 Summary
313
Workbook section
314
Glossary and list of abbreviations
320
References
365
Index
374
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adjective adverb analysis anaphor antecedent assigned assumption bold-printed bracketed c-commands Chomsky clitic complement clause constituent deleted denote determiner evidence example expletive expression finite clauses form the T-bar form the VP goal head T position hence infinitival infinitive complement interrogative intransitive italicised language lexical light verb Linguistic main clause maximal projection move movement operation negative nominative non-finite noun null complementiser null spellout null subject null-subject language occupy overt p-complete p-features Parameter participle passive person and number PF component Pl-Num predicate preposed preposition present-day English present-tense Principle probe quantifier question relative clauses relative pronoun relevant resulting TP Ruritania sentence shown in simplified simplified form SPEAKER spec-TP specifier position structure shown syntactic structure syntax T-bar tense affix thematic thematic role Tns affix transitive transitive verb triggers movement unaccusative unaccusative verb ungrammaticality uninterpretable Universal Grammar unvalued V-bar verb phrase wh-expression wh-movement wh-word word

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Andrew Radford is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Essex.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelEnglish Syntax: An Introduction
AuteurAndrew Radford
Editieingekort, geïllustreerd, herdruk
UitgeverCambridge University Press, 2004
ISBN0521542758, 9780521542753
Lengte384 pagina's
  
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