Syntactic argumentation and the structure of English
By: David M. Perlmutter, Scott Soames.
Contributors: Soames, Scott, joint author.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 602
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax; Generative grammar; English language -- Syntax; English language -- Grammar, Generative
Description: [This book] presents the major theoretical developments in generative syntax and the empirical arguments motivating them. Beautifully and lucidly written, it is an invaluable resource for working linguists as well as a pedagogical tool of unequaled depth and breadth. The chief focus of the book is syntactic argumentation. Beginning with the fundamentals of generative syntax, it proceeds by a series of gradually unfolding arguments to analyses of some of the most sophisticated proposals. It includes a wide variety of problems that guide the reader in constructing arguments deciding between alternative analyses of syntactic constructions and alternative theoretical formulations. -- Back cover.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 591-602.
Author's names in reverse order on cover.