Syntax
Subtitle: A Minimalist Introduction
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780521581226
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Syntax; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language; Minimalist theory (Linguistics); Linguistics; Grammar; Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Grammar, Comparative and gener; English language; Grammar, Comparative and general; Minimalist theory (Linguistics
First sentence: Grammar is traditionally subdivided into two different but inter-related areas of study-morphology and syntax.
Description: Syntax : a minimalist introduction. This textbook provides a concise, readable introduction to contemporary work in syntactic theory, particularly to key concepts of Chomsky's minimalist programme. Andrew Radford gives a general overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive devices used in 1990s work. The discussion is largely based on data from a range of varieties of English (not only Modern Standard, but also Belfast English, Shakespearean English, Jamaican Creole, etc.) and does not presuppose any prior knowledge of syntax. There are exercises and a substantial glossary. This is an abridged version of Radford's major new textbook Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English: A Minimalist Approach (published simultaneously by Cambridge University Press), and will be welcomed as a short introduction to current syntactic theory.