Keith Brown, Jim Miller

Syntax (eBook, PDF)

A Linguistic Introduction to Sentence Structure

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of this invaluable introductory text takes account of developments in syntactic studies. Dealing with the whole range of syntax, this book explains, in a lucid and approachable way, why linguists have adopted certain solutions to problems and not others.
This book introduces the basic concepts used in the description of syntax, independently of any single model of grammar. Profusely illustrated with diagrams, there are sets of exercises for every chapter which can be used in class or by students working independently.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000107432
• Artikelnr.: 60348980

Autorenporträt

Jim Miller is a Lecturer in the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Keith Brown is a Professor in the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
Part one: Constituent structure
1 Constituent structure
1.1 Determining constituent structure
1.2 Representing and talking about constituent structure
1.3 Hierarchical structure
2 Form classes
2.1 Form classes
2.2 Widening the data base
3 Constituent structure grammar
3.1 A simple grammar
3.2 Generating and parsing sentences 3.3 Generative grammar
4 Formal grammars
5 Verbs and nouns
5.1 Some verb classes in English
5.2 Some noun classes in English
5.3 Selection restrictions
6 Adjectives and prepositions
6.1 Adjectives and adjective phrases
6.2 Prepositions and prepositional phrases
7 Optional constituents
7.1 Optional constituents
7.2 Modifiers and heads
7.3 Adverbs and adverbials
8 Intermediate levels of structure
8.1 Intermediate levels of structure
8.2 The specifiers, modifiers and complements of the major categories
9 Embedding, recursion and ambiguity
9.1 Embedding and recursion
9.2 Attachment and ambiguity
10 Relations between sentences
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Active and passive
10.3 Declarations and interrogatives
10.4 Wh movement and relative clauses
11 The sentence
Part two: Morphology
12 Words and morphemes
12.1 Identifying words
12.2 'Inflectional' and 'derivational' morphology 12.3 Models of inflectional morphology
12.4 Some terminology
12.5 Lexical and grammatical morphemes
12.6 The morpheme as an abstract unit
13 Morphemes and morphs
3.1 Morphs
13.2 Morphs and allomorphs
13.3 Realization
14 The morphology of the English verb
14.1 Singular and plural: a problem in analysis
14.2 Subject
verb concord
14.3 Tense and aspect in the English verb
15 Lexical morphology
16 Form classes and grammatical categories
16.1 Form classes: nouns, adjectives and verbs
16.2 Grammatical categories
Part three: Functional relations
17 Heads and modifiers: the encoding of dependency relations
17 .1 Heads and modifiers
17 .2 Encoding: word order and marking
17 .3 Linkage: agreement and government
18 Processes and participants
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Actions and states
18.3 Agent and patient: range, result and neutral
18.4 Location and motion: locative place, goal, source and path
18.5 Inchvative and causative
inchoative verbs
18.6 [State] propositions: description and identification; neutral and attribute
18.7 Conclusion
19 Grammatical functions
19.1 Subject
19.2 Object
19.3 Indirect object
19 .4 Complement
19.5 Adjuncts
19.6 Conclusion
20 Sentences in texts
20.1 Theme, rheme and end focus
20.2 Given and new
20.3 Topics
20.4 Conclusion
Further reading
References
Index.