The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521769868 ISBN 13: 9780521769860

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Syntax – the study of sentence structure – has been at the centre of generative linguistics from its inception and has developed rapidly and in various directions. The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax provides a historical context for what is happening in the field of generative syntax today, a survey of the various generative approaches to syntactic structure available in the literature and an overview of the state of the art in the principal modules of the theory and the interfaces with semantics, phonology, information structure and sentence processing, as well as linguistic variation and language acquisition. This indispensable resource for advanced students, professional linguists (generative and non-generative alike) and scholars in related fields of inquiry presents a comprehensive survey of the field of generative syntactic research in all its variety, written by leading experts and providing a proper sense of the range of syntactic theories calling themselves generative.

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About the Author

Marcel den Dikken is a professor of linguistics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521769868
• ISBN 13: 9780521769860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1164
• Editor: Den Dikken Marcel