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The Bloomsbury Companion to Syntax
The Bloomsbury Companion to Syntax
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This
Bloomsbury Companion is the most wide-ranging, state-of-the-art resource
to a key area of contemporary linguistics. It covers fundamental issues,
concepts, movements and approaches within the most relevant theoretical
perspectives on syntax, encompassing the relationship between syntax and other
levels of grammar. This book is a major tool for understanding syntax and its
essential assumptions in the broader framework of current linguistic research.
It is the most complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers
working in syntax and neighboring fields.
In addition, this companion offers a comprehensive reference resource, giving an
overview of key terms and topics in syntax, research areas and new
directions. With its section on methodology, it features a manageable
guide to beginning or developing research in the field. It provides a review of
current research as well as practical guidance for advanced study in the area.
Table of Contents
Methods in Syntax \ 1.1. Hypothesis
formation William Croft \ 1.2. Hypothesis testing
in the Minimalist Program Marc Baker \ 1.3. Field methods in syntactic research Marianne
Mithun \ 1.4. Corpus methods Maria Freddi \ Part 2. Current Issues and Research in
Syntax \ 2.1. Constituents Marja-Liisa
Helasvuo \ 2.2. X-bar structure and Minimalism Jairo
Nunes \ 2.3. The structure
of NPs Giuseppe Longobardi and Giuseppina Silvestri \ 2.4. Word order Pamela Munro \ 2.5. Scrambling
Francisco Ordoñez \ 2.6. On V2 types Cecilia
Poletto \ 2.7. Clitics Silvia Luraghi 2.8. Changing the subject:
Shifting notions about subjecthood in Generative Grammar Tim Stowell \ 2.9. Alignment and grammatical relations Doris
Payne \ 2.10. Passives and
antipassives Edward Keenan \ 2.11. Middles
and reflexives Leonid Kulikov \ 2.12. Causatives: Structure, type and
distribution Jae Jung Song \ 2.13. Coordination
Caterina Mauri \ 2.14. Wh-movement Luis
Lopez \ 2.15. Complementation Claudia
Parodi and Carlos Quicoli \ 2.16. Adverbial
subordination Holger Diessel \ 2.17. Negation Liliane Haegeman and Terje
Lohndal \ 2.18. Syntactic change Thorhallur Eythorsson \ 2.19.
Acquisition of syntax Maria Teresa Guasti \ Part 3. New Directions in Syntactic
Research \ 3.1. Usage and syntax Paul Hopper \ 3.2. Construction Grammar and the syntax/semantics interface Laura
Michaelis \ 3.3. Topic, Focus and the cartography of the left periphery Luigi
Rizzi \ 3.4. Optimality Theory as a
possible framework for the Minimalism Program Vieri Samek-Lodovici \ Appendix: Resources
in syntax Maria Freddi and Silvia Luraghi \ Glossary \ Bibliography
Product details
| Published | 14 Feb 2013 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 544 |
| ISBN | 9781441185228 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Bloomsbury Companions |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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