A Concise Introduction to Syntactic Theory

A Concise Introduction to Syntactic Theory
Title A Concise Introduction to Syntactic Theory PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth A. Cowper
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 219
Release 2009-06-15
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 022616022X

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This textbook is intended to give students a quick start in using theory to address syntactic questions. At each stage, Cowper is careful to introduce a theoretical apparatus that is no more complex than is required to deal with the phenomenon under consideration. Comprehensive and up-to-date, this accessible volume will also provide an excellent refresher for linguists returning to the study of Government-Binding theory. "Cowper exhibits the analytical devices of current principles-and-parameters approaches, takes readers carefully through the central elements of grammatical theory (including very recent work), and ushers them selectively into the technical literature. . . . A serious introduction for those who want to know the nuts and bolts of syntactic theory and to see why linguists are so excited these days."—David Lightfoot, University of Maryland "An excellent short introduction to the Government and Binding model of syntactic theory. . . . Cowper's work succeeds in teaching syntactic argumentation and in showing the conceptual reasons behind specific proposals in modern syntactic theory."—Jaklin Kornfilt, Syracuse University

Syntax

Syntax
Title Syntax PDF eBook
Author Elly van Gelderen
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages 177
Release 2017-11-16
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027264708

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Using a concise and clear style, this book highlights insights from current syntactic theory and minimalism. Chapter 1 starts with the general idea behind generative grammar and should be read from a big picture perspective. Because the book expects no prior syntactic background, its next two chapters are on lexical and grammatical categories and on basic phrase structure rules. After these introductory chapters, the book covers the clausal spine, the VP, TP, and CP in Chapters 4, 5, and 6, respectively. For the VP, it emphasizes lexical aspect, theta-roles, and the VP-shell; for the TP and CP, it uses a cartographic approach and juxtaposes that to free adjunction. Chapter 7 covers the DP and Chapter 8 discusses the importance of features. Chapter 9 returns to some of the issues raised in Chapter 1 and summarizes the approach. It includes keywords, frequent summaries, exercises, and suggested answers to the exercises. Cartoons and frequent corpus examples enliven the text.

Concise Encyclopedia of Syntactic Theories

Concise Encyclopedia of Syntactic Theories
Title Concise Encyclopedia of Syntactic Theories PDF eBook
Author K. Brown
Publisher Pergamon
Pages 504
Release 1996-12-17
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN

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The Concise Encyclopedia of Syntactic Theories presents a collection of articles on all major syntactic theories, current or past, taken from the award-winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics.

English Syntax

English Syntax
Title English Syntax PDF eBook
Author Andrew Radford
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 400
Release 2004-04-15
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780521542753

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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.

An Introduction to Syntax

An Introduction to Syntax
Title An Introduction to Syntax PDF eBook
Author Robert D. Van Valin
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 260
Release 2001-04-26
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780521635660

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The book guides students through the basic concepts involved in syntactic analysis and goes on to prepare them for further work in any syntactic theory, using examples from a range of phenomena in human languages. It also includes a chapter on theories of syntax.

Analysing English Sentences

Analysing English Sentences
Title Analysing English Sentences PDF eBook
Author Andrew Radford
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 541
Release 2009-02-12
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0521516978

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This book provides a concise introduction to work in syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program.

Some Concepts and Consequences of the Theory of Government and Binding

Some Concepts and Consequences of the Theory of Government and Binding
Title Some Concepts and Consequences of the Theory of Government and Binding PDF eBook
Author Noam Chomsky
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 132
Release 1982
Genre History
ISBN 9780262530422

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While the study of government and binding is an outgrowth of Chomsky's earlier work in transformational grammar, it represents a significant shift in focus and a new direction of investigation into the fundamentals of linguistic theory.