Lectures on Contemporary Syntactic Theories: An Introduction to Government-binding Theory, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical-function . of Language & Information - Lecture Notes)

Sells, Peter

ISBN 10: 0226122131 / ISBN 13: 9780226122137

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1985

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• Title: Lectures on Contemporary Syntactic Theories: An Introduction to Government-binding Theory, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical-function . of Language & Information - Lecture Notes)
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226122131
• ISBN 13: 9780226122137
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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This books provides an introduction to three contemporary syntactic theories, Government-Binding Theory, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, and Lexical-Functional Grammar. In successive chapters, Sells lucidly presents and illustrates the fundamental apsects of each theory. In an introductory chapter he describes the basic syntactic concepts and assumptions shared by each theory; in the postscript, Thomas Wasow provides a more general overview of the different perspectives of these three approaches.