Syntax: Basic Concepts and Applications

Robert Freidin

ISBN 10: 0521605784 / ISBN 13: 9780521605786

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2012

About this Item

Syntax: Basic Concepts and Applications provides a systematic introduction to core topics in syntax, focusing on how the basic concepts apply in the analysis of sentences. Assuming no background in linguistic analysis, the book gives students a working knowledge of syntactic analysis from a minimalist perspective. Step by step it explains the fundamentals of phrase structure, movement and deletion. Well-placed exercises throughout reinforce and extend the concepts and analyses presented in the text, allowing readers to gain understanding of progressively complex issues at a comfortable pace. Much of the data comes from English, but crucial examples are also drawn from a range of other languages, including Russian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Irish, Welsh and Greek.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Syntax: Basic Concepts and Applications
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521605784
• ISBN 13: 9780521605786
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Syntax: Basic Concepts and Applications provides a systematic introduction to core topics in syntax, focusing on how the basic concepts apply in the analysis of sentences. Assuming no background in linguistic analysis, the book gives students a working knowledge of syntactic analysis from a minimalist perspective. Step by step it explains the fundamentals of phrase structure, movement and deletion. Well-placed exercises throughout reinforce and extend the concepts and analyses presented in the text, allowing readers to gain understanding of progressively complex issues at a comfortable pace. Much of the data comes from English, but crucial examples are also drawn from a range of other languages, including Russian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Irish, Welsh and Greek.

About the Author

Robert A. Freidin is Professor, Program in Linguistics/Council of the Humanities at Princeton University.