Andrew Carnie

Syntax (eBook, ePUB)

A Generative Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 title="Carnie Student Companion Site" href="http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0470655313&bcsId=7378">student and href="http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0470655313&bcsId=7377">instructor resources, including extra chapters on HPSG, LFG and time-saving materials for lecturers, including problem sets, PowerPoint slides, and an instructors' manual * Features new chapters on ellipsis, auxiliaries, and non-configurational languages * Covers topics including phrase structure, the lexicon, Case theory, movement, covert movement, locality conditions, VP shells, and control * Accompanied by a new optional workbook, available separately, of sample problem sets which are designed to give students greater experience of analyzing syntactic structure

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118321874
• Artikelnr.: 37363193

Autorenporträt

Andrew Carnie is Professor of Linguistics and Faculty Director in the Graduate College at the University of Arizona. He specializes in generative syntactic theory with an emphasis on constituency, VSO languages, copular constructions and Celtic languages. He is the author of numerous other publications, including Irish Nouns (2008), Constituent Structure (2010), Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics (2011), Modern Syntax (2011), and The Syntax Workbook: A Companion to Carnie's Syntax (2012).