Syntax

Transformational syntax is an analytic technique of grammatical description which has exciting psychological and philosophical ramifications inspiring creative research into the conceptual powers and behaviour of man. In this book, first published in 1971, the author suggests that the techniques of ..

Transformational syntax is an analytic technique of grammatical description which has exciting psychological and philosophical ramifications inspiring creative research into the conceptual powers and behaviour of man. In this book, first published in 1971, the author suggests that the techniques of ..

Analysing Sentences is an accessible introduction to the practical analysis of English sentence structure, covering key concepts such as constituency, category, and function, and using tree diagrams throughout to help the reader visualise the structure of sentences. This fourth edition has been thor..

First published in 1983, this book examines anaphora — a central issue in linguistic theory as it lies at the crossroads of several major problems. It is a test case for competing hypothesis concerning the relations between syntax, semantics and pragmatics in linguistic theory. This book has two maj..

This study, first published in 1990, presents a comprehensive description of the comparative constructions of Spanish and French, and shows that the apparently numerous differences in their syntactic realisations can be accounted for by general constraints on the expression of comparison. There is a..

Intended for advanced students and researchers in linguistics, Descriptive Syntax and the English Verb, first published in 1984, focuses on the syntax of the English verb and notions of tense/aspect, transivity, passive, phrasal verb constructions, nominalisations and complement sentence types are e..

The aim of this book, first published in 1979, is to provide a sound basic introduction to the study of grammar within linguistics. The work concentrates primarily on the core of grammatical theory rather than a single narrow theoretical viewpoint. This title will be of interest to students of lingu..

This study, first published in 1985, analyses aspects of the syntax of K’ekchi, a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala. Working in the framework of Relational Grammar, the author finds evidence for the constructions of Passive, Antipassive and 2-3 Retreat and provides formulations for the principles o..

This volume presents a series of papers written by Epstein, Kitahara and Seely, each of which explores fundamental questions and analytical mechanisms proposed in recent minimalist work, specifically concerning recent analyses by Noam Chomsky. At the cutting edge of scholarship in generative syntax,..

This volume presents a series of papers written by Epstein, Kitahara and Seely, each of which explores fundamental questions and analytical mechanisms proposed in recent minimalist work, specifically concerning recent analyses by Noam Chomsky. At the cutting edge of scholarship in generative syntax,..

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This study, first published in 1988, examines cases of interaction of morphology and syntax in American Sign Language and proposes that clause structure and syntactic phenomena are not defined in terms of verb agreement or sign order, but in terms of grammatical relations. Using the framework of rel..