Core Syntax

Produktbeschreibung

This fast-track introduction to syntax assumes no prior knowledge of linguistic theory. It is designed for specialist undergraduates and for those coming to linguistics for the first time as graduates, including students in computational science, artificial intelligence, and psychology. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

* 1: Core Concepts


* 2: Morphosyntactic Features


* 3: Constituency and Theta Roles


* 4: Representing Phrase Structure


* 5: Functional Categories I: TP


* 6: Subjects and Objects


* 7: Functional Categories II: the DP


* 8: Functional Categories III: CP


* 9: Wh Movement


* 10: Locality 

Kritik

Adger truly manages to achieve a good balance between a formal theoretical model and its empirical coverage. Each chapter includes excellent problem sets and a list of further readings... The author takes a lot of time to illustrate each derivation step by step, thus helping students to see the workings of a formal syntactic system. Another very positive characteristic is the approach to crosslinguistic variation, which is given consistently in terms of features.... I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants a text that presents minimalist syntax in a clear way and with data from a vast array of languages." Artemis Alexiadou, Language 

Autoreninfo

David Adger is Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the co-editor of Specifiers: Minimalist Perspective (OUP, 1999) and publishes widely in syntax and semantics. He is co-general editor of the series Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics.