Syntax : a generative introduction /
Andrew Carnie's bestselling textbook on syntax has guided thousands of students through the discipline of theoretical syntax, retaining its popularity due to its combination of straightforward language, comprehensive coverage and numerous exercises. In this third edition, topics have been updat...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, Massachusetts :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2013.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: | Introducing linguistics ;
4. |
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| Summary: | Andrew Carnie's bestselling textbook on syntax has guided thousands of students through the discipline of theoretical syntax, retaining its popularity due to its combination of straightforward language, comprehensive coverage and numerous exercises. In this third edition, topics have been updated, new exercises added and the online resources have been expanded. Supported by expanded online student and instructor resources at www.wiley.com/go/carnie, including extra chapters on HPSG, LFG and time-saving materials for lecturers, including problem sets, PowerPoint slides, and an instructors' manual. It features new chapters on ellipsis, auxiliaries and non-configurational languages, and covers topics including phrase structure, the lexicon, Case theory, movement, covert movement, locality conditions, VP shells. and control. It is also accompanied by a new optional workbook, available separately, of sample problem sets which are designed to give students greater experience of analyzing syntactic structure. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 526 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-518) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470655313 (pbk.) 0470655313 (pbk.) |